Flare - Dublin's Singular Narrowsheet, brain child of Eamon Mag Uidhir

One of the few Dublin literary publications that my writing has appeared in, despite having written extensively on the city for a number of years. So, it does have a special place in my heart. Also, because it publishes fellow writers and friends whom I like very much, such as Micheal J. Whelan, Chris Murray, Daniel Wade and the also remarkable Rob Buchanan.

But it is really the poet, short story writer and novelist Eamon Mag Uidhir who is to be applauded here. As it is through Eamon's ceaseless enthusiasm that the narrowsheet appears as often as it does. It appears in conjunction with the Sunflower Sessions which are held the last Wednesday of every month in The Lord Edward across from Christchurch Cathedral, here in Dublin.

Eamon was kind enough to publish six sonnets from Henry Street Arcade and which appear in issue 8. If you'd like to purchase a copy, go to link below. Here's a taste of what you'll read.

Cheers to you Eamon!

 

Portrait of a Woman

Per me si va...

With her legs crossed, sublime movement

Of her flanks, her foot tap tapping on the air,

Balancing on the swivel position of her rump

On the chair, lithe limbs booted and in hose-

All revealed by the cut of her winter coat.

Behind her shoulder, like the backdrop of some

Northern European renaissance masterpiece;

You can just about make out Lambay.

The cold exterior landscape seen from

 Inside the compartment of the passing train,

Evokes Tacitus and Aleppo.

Beauty must always be contrasted with banality.

There she is, framed, in the company of some other

 Damned women, the train hurtling forward into the abyss.

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