tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56583105295857076702024-03-13T07:57:00.818-07:00Boyne BerriesBoyne Berrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567733388550457163noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658310529585707670.post-54158274860405916102020-06-16T08:49:00.006-07:002020-10-27T14:33:31.221-07:00Boyne Berries closed for submissions. <h3 style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Boyne Berries is currently closed for submissions. </span></b></h3><div><span style="font-size: large;">Boyne Berries is closed for submissions at the moment while the group ponders its future. It's likely that the magazine will not continue publishing as an open submission print magazine. We are using this difficult period to consider alternatives. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>So please do not send submissions to Boyne Berries. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>If you do they will be ignored!</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Boyne Berries 27 - Spring 2020 was the last print issue. Copies are available, see puchasing details on the right. Some back issues are also available. Email trimpoetry@gmail.com if interested.</div><div><br /></div><div>Boyne Berries 28 was a special issue to mark Poetry Day, Ireland and it was only available as a free pdf download due to the COVID lockdown. Download link in a post below.</div><div><br /></div><div>Boyne Berries 28 will be included in UCD library's Special Collections as part of their <a href="https://www.ucd.ie/library/heritage/lockdownpoetry/" target="_blank">Poetry in Lockdown </a>collection. This will be part of the <a href="https://libguides.ucd.ie/ipra" target="_blank">Irish Poetry Reading archive </a>in UCD Special Collections.</div><div><br /></div>Orla Fayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06793698838699811789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658310529585707670.post-4185766829207721792020-06-04T10:39:00.000-07:002020-06-04T10:39:27.320-07:003 New Video Poem Recordings from Boyne Berries 28, The Covid Issue <div><b>Brian Kirk reads his poem from the issue: </b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NBAmZUKcJc8" width="320" youtube-src-id="NBAmZUKcJc8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Éamon Mag Uidhir reads his poem from the issue:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4A7R_vZU4wM" width="320" youtube-src-id="4A7R_vZU4wM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Mari Maxwell reads her poem from the issue:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dpj-rjD3H04" width="320" youtube-src-id="dpj-rjD3H04"></iframe></div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Orla Fayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06793698838699811789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658310529585707670.post-71632180409501253932020-04-30T03:48:00.000-07:002020-06-27T06:28:24.851-07:00Boyne Berries 28 - The Covid Issue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Boyne Writers Group marked <a href="https://www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/">Poetry Ireland Day 2020</a> in these remarkable times by compiling a special digital issue of their magazine Boyne Berries. The magazine was launched on 30 April 2020 and is available free as a pdf download. Poems had to adhere to the theme chosen by Poetry Ireland for that day: “There will be time.”<br />
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<u><b>From the Editor's Foreword:</b></u><br />
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In this pandemic we seek each other out at a distance. The Dog of Technology has its day. What is important, health, family, friendship and the natural world have come to be our pillows. The writers, the musicians and the dreamers arrive to save our souls and raise our spirits.<br />
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We stand on the shoulders of giants shooting arrows of hope, pulled back to go further forward to a better future, as Venus glimmers in the evening sky. We are in this together.<br />
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It has been an honour to edit this online issue of Boyne Berries which is intended to be a beacon in darkness. Thank you to all the contributors.<br />
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<b>Rachel Coventry reads her poem from this issue:</b><br />
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<b>Michael Farry reads his poem from this issue:</b><br />
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region of 30 poems for the issue. Poems should adhere to the theme chosen by
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Please note that due to the current health crisis Trim Poetry Festival and all associated events, Boyne Berries 27 launch, Poetry Competition results, launch of "Troubles", workshop etc have been postponed.</h3>
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Boyne Berries 27 will be launched on Friday, 13th March at 7.30 pm by Pat Dunne as part of Trim Poetry Festival. Pat Dunne was born in Trim, Co. Meath and is an internationally successful crime writer. Dunne studied English and Philosophy at UCD and worked as Press Officer for Bord na gCapall before joining RTÉ Radio where he produced the station’s flagship Gerry Ryan Show. He retired in 2004 to become a full-time writer. Meath’s history and heritage feature prominently in his archaeological thrillers. Dunne is also a regular contributor to Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1 and lives in Celbridge, Co. Kildare, with his wife Theckla.<br />
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This issue contains the work of the ten poets shortlisted for <a href="http://trimpoetryfestival.blogspot.com/">Trim Poetry Competition 2020 </a>and 42 other pieces of work. Those included are:<br />
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Kate Ennals Liam McNevin Arthur Broomfield Eamon Cooke Dan A. Cardoza Seán Kennedy Peter Goulding Felicia McCarthy Polly Richardson Mark Ward Stephen de Búrca Kevin Graham Peter Adair Lorraine Carey Angela Kirwan Michael Farry Justin Aylward Anne Crinion Glenn Hubbard Richard W. Halperin Sinéad MacDevitt Carolyne Van Der Meer Honor Duff Diarmuid Fitzgerald Marc Gijsemans K.S. Moore L.R. Harvey Eugene Platt Elizabeth McGeown Róisín Bugler Niamh Twomey Maria Isakova Bennett Gerard Smyth Rory Duffy Linda Ibbotson Conor Kelly Orla Fay Frances Browne Matt Hohner Catherine Conlon John D. Kelly David Butler Martin Sykes Marian Brannigan Patrick Lodge Karen O’Connor Maeve McKenna Steve Wade Claire Hennessy John Conroy Jenny Andersson Anne CallanOrla Fayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06793698838699811789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658310529585707670.post-4070452714006679752019-11-19T03:48:00.000-08:002019-11-19T04:10:48.339-08:00Boyne Berries 27 Submission Guidelines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Issue 26 will now be launched on Thursday, 24th October at 8 pm in The Castle Arch Hotel, Trim. Poet Jean O'Brien will launch the issue. Contributors will read at the event, tea and coffee will be served and admission is free. All welcome.<br />
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in Poetry Studies at Mater Dei, won the Trocaire/Poetry Ireland Competition and
was placed or shortlisted in many other competitions including The Patrick
Kavanagh Award, The Listowel Collection Competition and Cúirt New Writing
Award. Selected for Poetry Ireland Introductions in 2016, he was a featured
poet at the Poets in Transylvania Festival in 2015 and a guest speaker at the
John Berryman Centenary Conference in both Dublin and Minneapolis. His poems
have been nominated for Pushcart, Forward and Best of the Net prizes. He is
curator of the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies site. He </span></i><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">has
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Berries 26 contains the work of <i>Steve Denehan Fred Johnston Maria Isakova
Bennett </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Maurice
Devitt Frank Murphy Evan Costigan Tomas McGuiness Polly Richardson Fiona
Sherlock Frances Browner Cathal Ennis Deirdre Crosby Gráinne Daly Nora Brennan Brian
Kirk Jackie Lynam Jean O’Brien Maeve O’Sullivan John Paul Davies Eimear Bourke Marc
Gijsemans Stephen McNulty Christina Hession David Butler Kevin Griffin Kevin
Higgins Harry Owen Orla Fay Esther Murbach Eamon McGuinness Amanda Bell Frank
Farrelly Catriona Clutterbuck Patrick Deeley Ruth Quinlan K.S. Moore Patrick
Lodge Glen Wilson </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Paddy
Smith Leah McDwyer Karen J McDonnell Margarita Meklina Rachel Sneyd</span></i></div>
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<i>Autumn in Bavaria, </i>Wassily Kandinsky</h2>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Submissions are now invited for the 26th issue of Boyne Berries Magazine and the window will close on Wednesday, 31st July 2019, at midnight. Boyne Berries 26 will feature poetry and flash fiction or prose on an open theme. The magazine will be published in late September 2019. </span></h2>
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The trees are in their autumn beauty,</div>
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The woodland paths are dry,</div>
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Under the October twilight the water</div>
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Mirrors a still sky;</div>
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Upon the brimming water among the stones</div>
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Are nine-and-fifty swans.</div>
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The nineteenth autumn has come upon me</div>
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Since I first made my count;</div>
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I saw, before I had well finished,</div>
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All suddenly mount</div>
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And scatter wheeling in great broken rings</div>
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Upon their clamorous wings.</div>
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I have looked upon those brilliant creatures,</div>
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And now my heart is sore.</div>
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All's changed since I, hearing at twilight,</div>
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The first time on this shore,</div>
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The bell-beat of their wings above my head,</div>
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Trod with a lighter tread.</div>
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Unwearied still, lover by lover,</div>
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They paddle in the cold</div>
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Companionable streams or climb the air;</div>
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Their hearts have not grown old;</div>
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Passion or conquest, wander where they will,</div>
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Attend upon them still.</div>
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But now they drift on the still water,</div>
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Mysterious, beautiful;</div>
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Among what rushes will they build,</div>
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By what lake's edge or pool</div>
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Delight men's eyes when I awake some day</div>
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To find they have flown away?</div>
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Orla Fayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06793698838699811789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658310529585707670.post-12729555360005107372019-03-08T12:06:00.000-08:002019-03-08T12:06:37.463-08:00Trim Poetry Festival Poster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Orla Fayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06793698838699811789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658310529585707670.post-46473528618633263402019-02-27T02:34:00.000-08:002019-02-27T02:34:09.012-08:00Boyne Berries 25 Cover DesignThanks to Rory O'Sullivan for re-creating Greg Hastings' original Boyne Berries 1 cover.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Submissions are now invited for the 25th issue of Boyne Berries Magazine<span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> and will close on Wednesday, 2nd January 2019, at midnight. Boyne Berries 25 will feature poetry and fiction or prose on an open theme, though works which take into account this silver edition of the magazine are very welcome.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve often said that when putting a collection together; that the last poem in it is the running order of the poems. And it’s the same with this. Upon reading and rereading the magazine I was taking a journey that spanned the full breath of the human experience. Of course each poem and story brought me its own journey but the magazine, as a whole, from the first poem to the last story… the best way I can describe it; it was like a boomerang: it brings you off far away but takes you right back home. Where it all starts and ends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first thing that struck me was the stunning cover. Man and nature existing together. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Or so it seems at first. To quote Agent Smith: </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">appearances can be deceiving, Mr. Anderson</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The more I read I got a sense of the helplessness of humanity but in a cosmic way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the first poem </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orchard</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Emma McKervey, she humbly admits </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– It is a skill I do not own but whilst negotiating/the furrows and ridges of the plantation/searching for windfalls I know to halt by the scars. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I enjoyed the honesty of that line as it takes a lifetime to master a skill.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also, there’s one line: </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">they hold tight the acid which fizzes/on the gums long after each bite is swallowed </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">reminded</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> me of Apple Jacks. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So in-between mastering our work skills we try to figure ourselves out which brings me to Polly Richardson and her poem </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Void</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To what extent to do I exist,/Like other realms, overweening Gods/Of Gods commands.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I enjoyed the story </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Alps</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Kate Ennals. I liked this one in particular as part of growing up is when we discover that in family member’s nostalgia glasses are often calibrated differently to yours.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> And in the poem <i>Rooms</i> by Deirdre Clay; we all have those fond and shaping memories of grandparents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So after we master our work skills, figure ourselves out; we’re finally mature enough to go off to war. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where Eithne Cavanagh in </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paper Knife</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> poignantly puts it – </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the stench of fear and mustard gas/were the same for every soldier. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And if you’re lucky enough to survive, as a reward, you get to watch your loved ones grow old and die. And what can you do? To quote </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peadar O'Donoghue and his poem </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh Death, you're incorrigible!</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">off to the nearest bar, to wait our turn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I looked after my Gran for years; so poems like </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Memory</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Anthony Wade – </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once a hinge from which her family securely hung</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Threshold</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Brian Kirk – </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He continued to rule though he shrank as you grew </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">really</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> resonated with me. Then there’s a story: </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of Men and Dogs</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Steve Wade – the toll it takes on both the family member and carer. And how we can often carry it with us for years afterwards. And the rest of the poems and stories cover the other rollercoasters in life of regret, remorse and everything inbetwixt. Including </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dogs</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Oliver Mort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There’s 2 poems that beautifully accentuate the other. And they are: </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A poem must</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Eamonn Lynskey. Where he writes – </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">be radiant/ despite the darkness nurtured it, … suffer its gethsemanes </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">afflict them, sense beneath the rib/an exultation flood his soul.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Which leads onto the poem that I kept coming back to. Every time I discovered and found something new and that was: </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A forge like this</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Arthur Broomfield. A superb poem. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With all that said, getting back to the cover; so long after we’re all gone, Nature and the animals will be left. And they’ll reclaim and play in our great houses of nothing. But however vast the eternal void is, it’s the small things we occupy our time with like finding love and the treasures that it brings that makes life so memorable, meaningful and magical. To quote Mike Gallagher in</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turfman</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we are, all of us, the kids/we were at four years old,/ still doing the things/we've always done,/ always.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve said the whole magazine captures the human experience but if that could be boiled down to one piece, it would be the last story: </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve got the Down and Dirty Blues</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Caroline Carey Finn w</span><span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">hich takes place at Tipsters Tiles and Toiletry Appliances Limited. I don’t want to say too much about it but I love the juxtaposition of the younger staff and their perspectives versus the more experienced and jaded staff. And the reality of the situation.</span></div>
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Boyne Berrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567733388550457163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658310529585707670.post-14901617365026766122018-08-21T09:52:00.000-07:002018-08-21T09:52:19.611-07:00Boyne Berries 24 Launch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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on Thursday, 04<sup>th</sup> October, 2018 at 8 p.m. in The Castle Arch Hotel,
Trim, Co. Meath by poet Miceál Kearney. <span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Miceál
Kearney</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
38, lives in the West of Ireland. He began writing in 2001 and he has had poems
and short-stories published in Ireland, the U.K and worldwide either in print
or online. He read as part of Poetry Ireland’s Introduction Series, ’09. Miceál
has published 2 poetry collections; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Inheritance</i>
(Doire Press,‘08) and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Inexperienced
Midwife</i> (Arlen House,‘16) And 3 of his plays have been staged with a 4<sup>th</sup>
in production. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Boyne Berries, published by the
Boyne Writers Group, is edited by poet Orla Fay, copy-edited by poet Frances
Browne and features cover design by poet and illustrator Rory O’Sullivan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Boyne Berries 24 features work by
Brian Kirk, Eamonn Lynskey, Kate Ennals, Gráinne Daly, Arthur Broomfield, David
Butler, Oliver Mort, Paul McCarrick, Peter Farrelly, Tomas McGuinness, Emma
McKervey, Peter Nolan, Miceál Kearney, Bernie Crawford, Polly Richardson,
Eithne Cavanagh, Deirdre McClay, Peadar O’Donoghue, Camillus John, Jane
Blanchard, Frank Murphy, Anthony Wade, Steve Wade, Keith Fitzsimons, John
Davies, Mike Gallagher, Pam Muller, Mel White and Caroline Carey Finn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Entry to the launch is free and all
are welcome. Contributors to the magazine will read on the night and copies of
the magazine will be available to purchase.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Boyne Berrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567733388550457163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658310529585707670.post-15080510036717182982018-04-07T02:55:00.000-07:002018-04-07T04:37:31.057-07:00Rachel Coventry's Launch Notes, Boyne Berries 23 <br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">It’s a particular honour to launch the 23<sup>rd</sup>
Boyne Berries. My first publication was in Boyne Berries in 2011 when Michael Farry
was the editor. As you can imagine I really like Boyne Berries for this reason.
No acceptance by any other magazine has ever felt as good as that first one.
The writers among us know that up to the moment when you get that first precious
publication there is absolutely no guarantee that you will actually ever be
published and even though there is no guarantee that you will ever be published
again it’s just not the same level of doubt. I remember being slightly
embarrassed (embarrassment seems to go with the territory of writing) by the
poem chosen and discussing this with Kevin Higgins. He told me that you have to
trust the editor’s decision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was good
advice and looking through this current issue it is clear that we can trust
Orla’s decisions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">One of the most important things about Boyne
Berries is precisely that it gives new writers an opportunity to see their work
in print. Whatever way you look at it, without someone willing to take a risk
on new, unknown writers there would be no new writing and without new writing
there would be no writing whatsoever. It is imperative that we value
publications that allow a writer to cut her teeth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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publish new writers it is one of those lovely and rare platforms where the
known and the unknown; the new and the old, are presented side by side. For
example, in this edition, it is lovely to feature alongside Patrick Chapman,
Jean O’Brien, and JA Sutherland as well as many familiar and well established names
while also encountering work from some writers that I have not read up till now.
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<span lang="EN-GB">As writers often do when they pick up a shiny
new magazine, I tend to head straight for back where you find the notes on
contributors to have a good nose at other writer’s bios. This is a particularly
gratifying exercise with a copy of Boyne Berries because it contains such a
healthy cross section of Irish writing. For a while my own bio read, “Rachel
Coventry is from Galway and she has a poem published in Boyne Berries.” In this
edition, there is work from writers who have no publication credits and others
that have many collections to their names. I have a word document on my laptop
with all the various iterations of my bio. I can trace my development of my
work by looking at it and whatever happens in the future Boyne Berries will be
the start of the story and it is gratifying to think that someone’s publication
journeys is beginning with this issue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time, effort and bravery to get that first publication and without someone willing
to publish these poems and stories it would be difficult to go on. But it must
be noted that that the quality of the work in Boyne Berries is of a high
standard and has continued to be so over the years and that publishing new
writers does not mean publishing bad writing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Boyne Berries is a factor of particularly pertinence in these times when it
is also tempting, when looking at the contributors list to work out the ratio
of male to female writers in any a given publication. This has become
particularly relevant in the wake of the Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets
scandal. I wont go into it here, and probably the least said about it the
better. But at the very least we can say that there are other well-known
publications struggling to reach a gender balance and struggling with other
biases but this is a problem that doesn’t seem to affect Boyne Berries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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literary establishment has no difficulty including work from women writers and
other marginalized groups and yet the lion’s share of the available arts
funding seems to find its way to publications that continually show various biases.
There is nothing controversial in this. Anyone who submits work to Poetry
Ireland Review, for example, is informed, and I quote directly from the
website: “</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">We encourage more submissions from women and people from diverse ethnic
backgrounds, who are currently under-represented in <i>Poetry Ireland
Review”</i></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">. </span><span style="background: white; color: black;">There clearly isn’t any
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</span>submission call. That there are biases that block entry into publication
for various groups is simply a fact yet that this block is not evident in
magazines like Boyne Berries is another fact that deserves a little more
consideration especially by the Arts Council.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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writer alike-a place the work is considered in its own terms and it is maybe
for this reason that it attracts such a variety of work from such a braod
spectrum of writers. In a literary world that is not an even playing field an
magazine like Boyne Berries is crucial. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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coherence to this particular edition. I was very drawn to the Orla’s submission
call in December; I couldn’t resist it. The work chosen and the feeling of
renewal and freshness in this edition is certainly a testimony to Orla’s skills
as an editor. I look forward to the other edition that will be published later
in the year. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Donnelly’s poem that opens the edition. I look forward to seeing more of her
work also Sara Mullen’s interesting poem, another name that I’m not familiar
with but I’m sure I will be hearing more off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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and many other poets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it was really great to read the fiction included in this edition, which
features work from Lorraine Bennet and Olivia Fitzsimmons among others. When I
get over this poetry fixation I may submit a story myself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Berries is always an attractive magazine but I really love this cover
especially the use of colour. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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should view the launch of this 23<sup>rd</sup> edition of Boyne Berries as a
celebration of Irish and international writing; a celebration that the winter
is over (or it will be soon, hopefully). As Orla says in the editorial, we
writers have been working away all winter and it is great to see the fruits of
this work in this beautiful, fresh, spring edition and it’s particularly lovely
to gather here to launch it. The world of Irish literature is very lucky that Boyne
Writers Group supports this venture and for the hard work that Orla and Frances
do to keep the magazine going. With that I’ll declare Boyne Berries 23 launched
and we can get on with the real work of listening to some of the contributors
read. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has featured in many journals including <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Poetry
Ireland Review, The SHOp, Cyphers, Stony Thursday Book, </i>and <em>Honest Ulsterman. </em>She was selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series in 2014. In 2016 she won the <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust Annual Poetry Competition</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and was short-listed for the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span> She is writing a PhD
on Heidegger’s poetics at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Salmon
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Boyne Berrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567733388550457163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658310529585707670.post-8703016061711061912018-03-11T04:37:00.000-07:002018-03-11T04:37:52.799-07:00Boyne Berries 22 - The Ledwidge Issue Sold Out!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Boyne Berries 22, The Ledwidge Issue is now sold out. Thanks once again to the contributors to the magazine and to those who purchased a copy. It was a great opportunity to put such an issue together and it was much aided by a grant from Meath County Council Ledwidge Committee and the members of Boyne Writers.<br />
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Boyne Berries 23 will be available to purchase after the launch, details of which will follow imminently.<br />
<br />Boyne Berrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567733388550457163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658310529585707670.post-11178485205781702532018-03-03T04:06:00.000-08:002018-03-03T04:06:19.946-08:00Boyne Berries 23 Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The twenty-third issue of Boyne Berries
Magazine, the bi-annual magazine of the Boyne Writers Group is currently under
production. This issue is edited by Orla Fay, copy-edited by Frances Browne and
will feature cover design by Rory O’Sullivan. This Spring issue will be
released in April. Boyne Berries 24 is also being prepared for a late September
date. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by poet Michael Farry, and featured one guest editor, the poet Kate Dempsey. The
magazine has been in circulation since 2007 and the group looks forward to its
25<sup>th</sup> edition next year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>Anne Walsh Donnelly, Wiltrud Dull,
Fiona Perry, Rachel Coventry, Derek Coyle, Patrick Chapman, Sara Mullen,
Diarmuid Fitzgerald, Jack Little, Michael Durack, Audrey Molloy, John Conroy, Brendan
Carey Kinnane, Jean O’Brien, Noelle Lynskey, Honor Duff, Christine Broe, John
Noonan, Carolyne Van Der Meer, Frank McGivney, Sinéad Mac Devitt, Conor Kelly,
Bayveen O’Connell, Ana Spehar, Edward Lee, J.A. Sutherland, Cathal Ennis,
Teresa Godfrey, Lorraine Bennett, Olivia Fitzsimons, Caroline Carey Finn.</b><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<br />Boyne Berrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567733388550457163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658310529585707670.post-85744455703425651912017-12-09T06:21:00.001-08:002017-12-09T06:21:59.203-08:00Boyne Berries 23 Submission Call<br />
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,</span><span style="color: #181818;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">She wore her greenest gown;</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">She turned to the south wind</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">And curtsied up and down.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">― </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/81466.A_A_Milne" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">A.A.
Milne</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3355608" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span id="quote_book_link_821003"><span style="color: #333333;">When We Were Very Young</span></span></a></span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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The submission period for Boyne Berries 23 is now open and will close on Friday 12th January 2018 at midnight. Boyne Berries 23 will feature poetry and fiction or prose on an open theme.<br />
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Send up to 3 poems per poetry submission. Poems should be no more than 40 lines long. Fiction and prose submissions should be no more than 1500 words. Please use Times New Roman 12 and single spacing. Please include a short biographical note. Submissions should be placed in the body of the email and attached as a word document attachment. Submit to <a href="mailto:orla.a.fay@gmail.com"><span style="color: #cc6611;">orla.a.fay@gmail.com</span></a> only.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><em>Boyne
Berries 22, The Ledwidge Issue</em> will be launched on Friday, 22<sup>nd</sup>
September at 8 p.m. in the Castle Arch Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath by Meath County
Librarian Ciaran Mangan. Many of the included writers will read from the
journal on the night. Entry to the event is free and tea and coffee will be
served. This issue of Boyne Berries is a special issue commemorating the
centenary of the death of the poet Francis Ledwidge. It will be available to
purchase on the night for €10. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Berries 22 features work by Michael Farry, Eadbhard McGowan, Tomás De Faoite,
Katherine Noone, Richard Hawtree, Jenny Andersson, A.M. Cousins, Greg Hastings,
Patricia Nolan, Gabriel Rosenstock, Art Ó Súilleabháin, Eamonn Cooke, Gerard
Smyth, Catherine Phil MacCarthy, Patrick Devaney, Noreen Walshe, Vinny Steed,
Anne Irwin, Aoife Reilly, Fiona Joyce, Kate Ennals, Pearse Murray, Polly
Richardson (Munnelly), Mary Turley-McGrath, Frank Murphy, Marie MacSweeney,
Carolyne Van Der Meer, Maurice Devitt, Órla Fay, Colette MacAndrew, Michael
Dooley, Garrett Igoe, Laura Carroll, Edel Burke, Noel King, Gaynor Kane, Tim
Dwyer, Eithne Lannon, Anne Crinion, Gréagóir Ó Dúill, Maeve O’Sullivan,
Adrienne Leavy, Tom Dredge, Alistair Graham, Colin Dardis, Frances Browne, Paul
Jeffcutt, Simon Kearns, Susan Condon, Caroline Carey Finn, Barbara Flood, Liam
Cahill, Jared Spears, Paddy Smith, John D. Kelly, Iseult Healy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Boyne Berries 22 will be a special issue commemorating the centenary of the death of the County Meath WWI poet Francis Ledwidge. Francis Edward Ledwidge (19 August 1887 – 31 July 1917) was s</span><span style="color: black;">ometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the </span><span style="color: black;">Battle of Passchendaele</span><span style="color: black;"> during </span><span style="color: black;">World War I</span><span style="color: black;">. Much of Ledwidge's work was published in newspapers and journals in Ireland and the UK. The only work published in book form during Ledwidge's lifetime was the original <i>Songs of the Fields</i> (1915), which was very well received. </span><br />
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<em>A blackbird singing <br />On a moss-upholstered stone, <br />Bluebells swinging, <br />Shadows wildly blown, <br />A song in the wood, <br />A ship on the sea. <br />The song was for you <br />and the ship was for me.</em> <br />
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Submissions that cover subjects such as The Great War, Nature, The Trade Union Movement, Lord Dunsany and people and places in Meath are welcome. These themes are open to broad interpretation and all work related will be considered. Poetry, factual pieces, opinion pieces, memoir and fiction are all welcome and encouraged. On this occasion Photographs and art work will also be considered. <br />
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Send up to 3 poems per poetry submission. Poems should be no more than 40 lines long. Fiction and prose submissions should be no more than 1500 words. Please use Times New Roman 12 and single spacing. Please include a short biographical note. Submissions should be placed in the body of the email and attached as a word document attachment. Submit to <a href="mailto:orla.a.fay@gmail.com"><span style="color: #cc6611;">orla.a.fay@gmail.com</span></a> only. <br />
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The submission period is now open and will close on Friday, 30th June.</div>
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Boyne Writers Group and Boyne Berries Magazine acknowledges the generous assistance of the Meath County Council Francis Ledwidge Commemorative Grant Scheme.</div>
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<em>L - R Frances Browne, Jackie Gorman, Rory O'Sullivan, Honor Duff, Evan Costigan, Frank Murphy</em> <br />
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Jackie Gorman's opening words from the launch of Boyne Berries 21 on Thursday night. Thank you to everyone for their participation.<br />
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<em>I'm delighted to be here for the launch of Boyne Berries 21 as I've been a long time fan of this publication. It's lovely to have a poem in this edition but it's a particular honour to be asked to launch it as it contains such amazing work, by writers whose work I've admired for some time and those I'm discovering for the first time. In launching this edition, I consider myself as a representative for all the writers that have work in this edition, I hope I can do them justice in some small way. Never have words been more important. It's clear from reading the work in this edition that what is contained between these pages is a salve for the times we live in, because nothing in here can be said to be post-truth or heaven preserve us, an alternative fact ! Writers generally tend to deal in currencies less brittle than this. Reading the work in the collection, I was reminded of the words of that wonderful American Poet Mary Oliver who said about writing - "it's a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart [that courageous but also shy factor of emotion] and the learned skills of the conscious mind." She describes it as a kind of love affair and as I read the last edition of Boyne Berries last week, I was very grateful for many love affairs that have gone into this edition. It's not possible to name all the contributors but I do want to say I was touched, moved, amused, amazed and mesmerized by the river of words that are in this edition. In launching it, I hope it has a joyous voyage into the world. Thanks so much to Orla Fay for this opportunity and now perhaps it's time for some readings. Congratulations to all involved.</em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Jackie Gorman is from Athlone. Her poetry has been published in a number of publications including Poetry Ireland Review, The Honest Ulsterman, The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, The Lonely Crowd and Obsessed With Pipework. Her work has been commended in the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Awards. In 2016, she won the Phizzfest Poetry Award.She is currently studying for an MA in Poetry Studies at the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies at DCU. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Boyne Berries 21 features work by:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Frances Browne</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Pete Mullineaux</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Emily Cullen</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Colin Dardis</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Arthur Broomfield</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Clare McCotter</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Emily O’Sullivan</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Trish Delaney</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Rosemarie Rowley</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Alice Kinsella</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">John Prior</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Liz Quirke</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Adrienne Leavy</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Anamaria Julia Dragomir</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Winifred McNulty</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Órla Fay</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Bernie Crawford</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Lauren Moriarty</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Jackie Gorman</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Eamon Cooke</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Maria Isakova Bennett</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Evan Costigan</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Alistair Graham</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Diarmuid Fitzgerald</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Andy Jones</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Rory O’Sullivan</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Pauline Flynn</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Eamon McGuinness</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Christine Valters Paintner</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">David Butler</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Anne Crinion</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Trisha McKinney</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Sheena Power</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Caroline Carey Finn</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Fiona Joyce</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Shona Woods</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tom Dredge<br /> Helen Simcox<br /> Kevin Griffin<br /> Eoin Devereux</span> Boyne Berrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567733388550457163noreply@blogger.com0