Yer wan

I think what work best in this poem is the restrained understatement. The knowing, helpless voice of the child.

'Reading' by Maria McManus, from her collection 'Reading the Dog'

#poetry
#poemoftheday

‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sense of what happened?

‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists

Up tipp up riding

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

One of the most extraordinary things about Northern Ireland Unionists is they love the UK even though the UK pays not the slightest bit of attention to anything that happens in the North of Ireland.

This poem.

Where are yous going for coddle when youre in town? Also where are yous avoiding? Any advice from the spokesperson for coddle @tonygroves.bsky.social would be v appreciated

This pair look like the villains in a movie where the hero is a dog.

Oh god theyre called jibbitz? Ive been calling them giblets 😭

"Oh mammy"

Pablo Neruda with a love poem that may require a tissue or two 🥹

What a win look at this lad

A little bit of poetry...

Brilliant speech by Caoimhe O'Brien, Chairperson
Transgender Equality Network Ireland *TENI) at our protest calling on the government to direct the Central Bank not to renew its deal to keep fundraising for apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians. It's simple, the CBI must #StopFundingGenocide

My favourite non-complicit bookshops

@kennysbookshop.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
The Secret Book and Record Store, The Last Bookshop

'Do not ask your children to strive' by William Martin Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand. And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.

Poetry on instagram absolutely killing me tonight

Bid to deter Molly Malone statue groping with flowerbeds Flowerbeds are to be installed around the Molly Malone statue in Dublin city centre in the coming weeks in a fresh attempt to stop people groping the structure.

Flowerbeds are to be installed around the Molly Malone statue in Dublin city centre in the coming weeks in a fresh attempt to stop people groping the structure

Why has it taken Ireland a decade to exhume the bodies of the 800 dead babies of Tuam? | Caelainn Hogan The mass exhumation is vindication for campaigners – but their battle for justice is far from over, says Irish journalist Caelainn Hogan

apols for guardian link but this piece is far more incisive on the paralyzed Irish state response to Tuam mass grave than anything I have seen in the Irish newspapers (and gives @izzykamikaze.bsky.social due credit too):

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'm going to cry. This number reflects FREEDOM. It reflects AUTONOMY. It reflects CHOICE.

Free, safe, legal, local

Forever

it’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between who’s kidding and who’s stupid

People were comparing Souls with birds when souls are Birds And they compared bodies with houses Minds with cities When that is exactly what they are, too—

David Rattray

An image with a black and white background and a Latin American immigrant and a title Schröinger's Immigrant. On the left, it reads, "Lazily collecting all the welfare." On the right, it reads, "But also somehow taking all the jobs."

She voted No on Repealing the 8th Amendment. We don't need an anti-choice politician representing us. #spéirgorm

a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits on a bus with the words " chuckles i 'm in danger " below him ALT: a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits on a bus with the words " chuckles i 'm in danger " below him

Anyone who is paying attention right now

The Offerings Too many things on the altar. A petal would do. Or the ant that stops for a moment at it.

Cid Corman

This looks like you asked ChatGPT what the Dubliners would look like if they formed in 2006

Up to 10,000 women may have been deported from Britain to Ireland in forced adoption scandal Up to 10,000 women and babies may have been deported from Britain to Ireland between 1931 and 1977 in a forced adoption scandal, according to a new ITV report.

Why is this not considered organised crime? Is it because the church and state were involved?

www.independent.ie/irish-news/u...

This really highlights the question of why waving an Israeli flag isn't considered terrorism? Double standards to the highest degree 😤

Now he's vaping blue razz cherry out the window speeding down Cork St.

Today's taxi to work is in a Tesla driven by a fingernail biting man with Turkey teeth in an Under Armour tracksuit. There's a lot going on for 8.45am