Sunday, November 16, 2008

Boyne Berries (4)


Boyne Berries Four


I opened this at Orla Fay's "The Burial of Alice de Fir" and suspect that there is something I do not know, but this is a fine poem in a book that begins with a description of the Boyne and ends with Michael Farry's carefully crafted piece "The Once-Red Cart".


Like its predecessors this issue contains contributions from writers that are both local and from much further afield, (Bangladesh, Nigeria, The USA, Japan), and while Peter Goulding's work may help to redress the prejudice against rhyming poetry, the League of Ireland is another story.


Paul Egan touches on the subject of safe humour, or humourists, and the politically correct, getting to the heart of the matter you might say, while "A Monday Morning Fry" is a reminder that a man is best left to his breakfast! Cherry picking, well.... A muse ment...


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2 comments:

Peter Goulding said...

Hi Frank,

Yes I suspect you might be right about the League of Ireland!!

Peter

Frank said...

Many thanks for the comment, Peter.
Enjoyed the poem. Rhyme when I can.
FM.