A new work by Stephen de Búrca
The ziggurat of metal scraps, each dredged
up from Atlantic-buried beds,
weathered away at the head of the pier.
Stateless, the misted air
carried the scent of coal
An emblem of medieval pilgrimage gains fresh resonance in a more recent time of plague
Collections by Stephen de Búrca, Nithy Kasa, Eamon Grennan and Rita Ann Higgins reviewed
A melancholy December vision in Liverpool invokes a Dickensian ghost with more worldly but still warm realism
A new work by Kevin Graham in memory of Glen Hansard
A new work by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
A single missing word in the 1902 poem sparks a deeper look at rhythm, dialect and longing
