Poems

you dont understand the depth of this strength found within my mental, or the violence it took to become this gentle

Máirtín Ó Direáin was one of the three leading Irish language poets of the 20th century. Taking inspiration from the nature, people and language of the Gaeltacht Aran Islands, his hometown.

As lonely as a tree in middle of the wood is, so is a poet among the people -Máirtín Ó Direáin [translated from Irish]

Listener - Lemn Sissay

Some things I like (a poem to be shouted) by Lemn Sissay

I like wrecks, I like ex-junkies,
I like flunks and ex-flunkies,
I like the way the career-less career,
I like flat beer,
I like people who tell half stories and forget the rest,
I like people who make doodles in important written tests,
I like being late. I like fate. I like the way teeth grate,
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