Fiction: PANOPTICON
The Panopticon The panopticon is an architectural design for institutional buildings with an inbuilt system…
Browsing: Literature
Poem: ‘The con cometh’
The con cometh The demon smirks, having laid out her wares. Will they see what…
Flash Fiction: Book Lover
I cruise the Philosophy section of Hodges Figgis, watching, waiting. Like an old-fashioned spy I…
A Tender, Provocative Interweaving of Earthly and Divine
Review: Eros Rex, poems by Haley Hodges, Orison Books. Brimming over with desire, Haley Hodges’…
Review: Namanlagh by Tom Paulin
Review: Namanlagh by Tom Paulin (Faber and Faber, 2025) The “power to think / has…
Poem: Gillnets
Gillnets I remember as a child picking them out from the bow, and peering down…
Poem: ‘Fothering the Sheep’
Fothering the sheep Only minus seven this morning but the gate latches are frozen solid.…
Poem: There is a Panther on the Streets of Paris
There is a Panther on the Streets of Paris slinging hammocks of intent between each…
Contemporary Turkish Poetry Considered
Review: Fog Bells: 8 Contemporary Turkish Poets (Dedalus Press, 2025) “A writer’s life”, the poet…
Poem: Luke 2:1-7
Luke 2:1-7 _ It was the time Augustus Caesar had cried…
Poem: ‘External Return’
Eternal Return My sixteen year old daughter comes to me to complain about Patrick Kavanagh.…
Fiction: The Cliff
“It’s been two days. We gotta to do something. It’s gonna go rotten.” “I…
Poem: ‘What comes to mind in Ireland’
What comes to mind in Ireland What is black? An absence of light, the cassocks…
Poem: Vitruvian Woman
Vitruvian Woman For Laura A Poem for Halloween Svelte limbs, aquiline and flow, her…
The Ghost in the Garrick
Richard Midwinter arrived early at the Garrick and on entering the theatre was struck by…
Poem: September is Here
September is Here and I want to feel the tingle of autumn over the horizon.…
Poem: The Revolutionary
The Revolutionary Andrée Blouin, 1921-1986 A hungry child can never truly sleep. In the orphanage…
Poem: Maldon days
Maldon days hēt þā hyssa hwæne hors forlǣtan, feorr āfȳsan, and forð gangan,…