Cultured Llama
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David Cooke reviews Noonan’s The Fado House
I recently posted a couple of spring poems by Mary Noonan and in a conversation with David Cooke about her collection discovered he is a fan of her work. He kindly sent his review (previously published in Agenda) to snuggle up against the compost in The Poetry Shed. Mary Noonan’s The Fado House is a… Continue reading
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Richard Thomas Featured Poet
. Cézanne and His Critics Down long Parisian streets, steeped with sepia and seeping Seine, he went, canvas stacked on back, hobbling hunchback, like He of Notre Dame or Christ with his crucifix. ‘I am the Messiah’ he yelled and no one believed him, even gargoyles laughed from their cloisters at his paintings of pottery… Continue reading
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Bethany Pope: Featured Poet
Pomegranate Naked and crouched on nubbly carpet, Between Leesha’s rough knees, I can feel the fabric of her shorts, Slick, cheap, donated; behind them the couch, Gummed over from too many bodies. Leesha is talking, although not to me. Jerry Springer is on, his early incarnation, The guest is a fat man, Bacchus like, bearded,… Continue reading
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Maria McCarthy: Featured Poet
Slipping down Boxing Day, and when asked what you ate for Christmas dinner you say, ‘I should remember’. You are slumped in a high-backed chair, covered with a name-labelled blanket: someone else’s. We are told that at the Christmas party you boomed out the unerasable hymns, rallied the others to sing. Today you remember your… Continue reading
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