Poem: ‘If I Could Only’
If I Could Only I dream of roses blooming in the sky, of boys with…
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Scratch That: Taylor Swift is a Dime-Store Novelist
The poet Haley Hodges has recently written a winsome essay for Cassandra Voices claiming that…
Fiction: Change
Neil went to tea break for the gossip, to find out what was going on,…
Taylor Swift is our Greatest Confessional Poet
Confessional poetry has had a haunted reputation from its post-war onset. The literary legacies of…
Michel Houellebecq’s Annihilation
Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel Annihilation offers a lengthy (526-page) disquisition on the journey to death,…
The Last Christmas
The afternoon of Christmas Eve, just as it’s beginning to get dark, Mum opens the …
Poem: Krismastime
Krismastime It’s Krismastime Get confetti Slug wile Midnight Fly heights Seeing worlds beam by beam…
Fiction: Everything Human
“Have you ever been alone in an old theatre at night? There are no places…
Ode to the Christmas Pub
– A seasonal riff on the opening paragraph of Moby Dick – Call me Andy.…
Poem: Teacher
TEACHER I know I’ve made a christ of you the way I gather up the…
Friended
We were best friends, each the other’s trusted wingman and sometime sponsor and crude litigator…
The Greatest Troubadour: Jacques Brel
In search of the my favourite troubadour all roads lead to Flanders, Belgium, then on…
Poem: The Oath
The Oath The little hand he holds Is all they could find to give him:…
Musician of the Month: Caterina Schembri
On November 14th I am releasing my debut album Sea Salt & Turpentine on the…
Fiction: Fez
December light spills down the halka, through the shutters and across my bed. Living in…
Poem: Old Road Sign
Old Road Sign The sere severed plywood sign painted a modest white was nailed once…
Fiction: Old Poetry
It was because of Daniel that Mary Ann remembered Tom again; because she’d found out…
Poem: Whom You’re Never Told
Whom You’re Never Told She pleads with her mantras for years—endless In a hill so…
Musician of the Month: Greg Clifford
I was born in Dublin in 1987, and grew up 5 kilometres west of the…