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  I am Éire
                      high on
                                          the gas of 1916
               floating on
   the cloud
                        of a Clontarf dream

I am Éire
word-fire flickering in
the belly of my soldier messenger
but little does he know
of the forked tongues
of dealers in the body politic
 
I am the free state
part-whole
whole-part
my phantom limb in pain
an inconvenient spot on my
self-determined gain
 
I am the North
the Northern Ireland fix
part longing to belong
but my south
my east my west
a Britannia-Éire mix
 
I am Ireland
a land
a dream
a grá
a place you can call home
no matter where you are.
Picture
Picture taken from the Terrace in Currabinny. Extract from poem "I am Éire" by Alison Hackett

© copyright Alison Hackett   (first posted online 6 July 2016)

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The Visual Time Traveller
This is a labour of love, insanity, beauty and, perhaps, an attempt to reintegrate history, art and science together again.
  Simon Cocking Irish Tech News

​Not only is she forced to share a small city with da Vinci, he has even turned up in the same postal district.  Frank McNally The Irish Times

Crabbing
Her range of language is both staccato and soft, in succinct verse, which encourages you to read this aloud, truly the best way to engage in the emotional depth of a poem. 
​
Deirdre Conroy Sunday Independent
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