Poems

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

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

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,
I

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.

Listener - Lemn Sissay