July 2011
1 post
September 2009
5 posts
The Tweeting Shebeen
via davysims.com
The Tweeting Shebeen
“There was a time a few months ago I dismissed Twitter as being a total waste of time, a place where sad geeks tweeted about anything and everything they did. Now I realise that people from all walks of life are connecting via Twitter in meaningful ways. I thought why not see if writers and poets and those with an interest in writing can connect on Twitter...
ENNISKILLEN LITERATURE WEEKEND
POETRY LUNCH featuring poets Kevin Quinn and Mary Montague
Acclaimed native Fermanagh poets read from their work
At the Clinton Centre, Enniskillen
Saturday, 17th October, 1-2pm
ADMISSION FREE
READINGS BY WRITERS featuring Fermanagh Creative Writing Group
Local writers share their stories and poetry
At Russell & Donnelly Café, 28 Darling Street, Enniskillen
Sunday, 18th...
WRITING FOR CHILDREN
Ballyemaon Barn workshop
WRITING FOR CHILDREN A workshop with Maddie Stewart Saturday 26th September 10.00 a.m.- 4.30 p.m. Ballyeamon Barn, Cushendall, Co Antrim BT44 0QP Cost: £30 (conc.£25 ) including lunch/tea/coffee Maddie is a children’s author who lives near Downpatrick, Co Down. Her many titles including Peg (Mammoth, Heineman, 1999), which has also been translated into Italian...
August 2009
3 posts
A quarter past noon
by Stray Taoist
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
# first draft # first time #all comments welcomed!
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Watching the Swifts
There is a boy who is not me. Who is not me the way a seed is not the flower, the way a spring is not the river the way the sky-blue eggs in the hedgerow are not the bird. He sits in the reeds beside the turn of a river. I cannot tell what he is thinking I can no more fathom him than he, try as he might, could see me far off in a whole different countryside sitting again to watch the swifts and...
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