Category Archives: Ireland

Appreciating Another Lovely Review

Posted on December 7, 2020 by elainereardon

I invite you to visit this review from Laura Berry, at Berry’s Reviews. I suspect she is familiar with Turkish food, as the only error I saw was her thinking that I was Turkish, rather than Armenian. http://berryherwithpoems.wordpress.com I’d like … Continue reading →

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Glencolumkille Donegal

Posted on July 29, 2020 by elainereardon

Had the fates not sent the pandemic, I’d be back in Ireland, taking a class at Oideas Gael, www.oideasgael.ie . I haven’t been back to this small town for eight years, and the place tugs at me. Oideas Gael is open during … Continue reading →

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It’s No Substitute for Being There

Posted on July 22, 2020 by elainereardon

But right now, photographs and memories will do. Back in 1990, I visited Loughcrew, in Oldcastle Ireland, for the first time. My daughter Jenny and I had the key to unlock the gate and a flashlight.  There wasn’t anyone else … Continue reading →

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Soaking in Rio Caliente

Posted on June 21, 2019 by elainereardon

    River Night                   We submerge into hot river water,  steam rising to meet the stars. My daughter leaves us skinny dipping  at midnight on this quiet hill. We float and swim … Continue reading →

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Poetry on the Radio

Posted on May 29, 2019 by elainereardon

I’ve been fortunate to last month be reading poetry in Fitchburg MA on FATV, and last Saturday I was part of a half hour poetry show in County Louth, Ireland, Dundalk Radio.  My thanks to Dundalk Radio and to Brian Bingham … Continue reading →

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Joyce and Sweny by Merrion Park

Posted on August 29, 2018 by elainereardon
Posted in Ireland, Ireland travel, Irish Tourism, Poems, travel in Ireland | 1 Comment

Brú na Bóinne Knowth, Dowth

Posted on August 21, 2018 by elainereardon

    Brú na Bóinne became a World Heritage Site in 1993. Brú na Bóinne, also known as  Newgrange has been settled for at least 6,000 years.  The tombs are dated to late stone age. Construction of the passage tomb started roughly … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Brian Bingham of Automatic Pilot

Posted on July 4, 2018 by elainereardon

Four of my poems just published today in Automatic Pilot, an Irish journal.  It is available both in print and in digital format  https://www.automaticpilot.space/store  

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March Full Moon and me

Posted on March 1, 2018 by elainereardon

 Winter’s end is close.  There is enough snowcover that the field is illuminated under the full moon, almost bright enough to read by. There’s such beauty in the winter’s full moons, as well as her dark times. I value the … Continue reading →

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Burrow into November

Posted on November 15, 2017 by elainereardon

Field, forest, and sea sink into longer times of darkness. By late afternoon the sun sends thin slits of light through branches. There is hoar frost each morning. Snakes, worms, bears and frogs all burrow in deeper, as I do … Continue reading →

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