Found Things

I am moved beyond measure to have an essay in the current volume (7) of Reliquiae Journal from the wonderful Corbel Stone Press. This has been a long time dream of mine and I am very grateful for the vital work Autumn and Richard do. 



'She is, for want of a better word, hovering; caught in a thin place, liminal- ity oozing out of her not-quite-dry bones. She has not yet met the ferryman and we know it.' 

The Haibun Journal

I have two pieces in the current issue of The Haibun Journal.

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' - like sleeping and then waking; the in-breath and the out...

                     ...With a Faoilleach moon hung high' 

[From ‘Crotach/ Curlew’ ]

' – to the right swans take their place in fields filled with water that should not be there at all, water that has ignored all borders'

[From 'Inbhir / Estuary ']

'Naomh Bríd' for Oh Comely

'When winter lays its head down, memories dance; the delicate ghosts of who we once were...Light, streaming out, unstoppably; to a soundscape of oystercatchers...'

Words about St Brigid, Ireland and healing for Oh Comely .

'That Further Shore'

https://newwelshreview.com/article.php?id=2272

'That Further Shore' has been highly commended in the New Welsh Writing Awards 2018: Aberystwyth University Prize for an Essay Collection Shortlist. 

"This collection hinging on Northern Ireland is strikingly organised around images of wild animals. Its themes are ‘making place’ through art, exile, transfer, transition and bridges to reconciliation. Its voice is personal, empathetic and political. Classical references, symbols and motifs from the natural world put this entry into the class of literature."