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December 5, 2022

Dear Reader,

Dear Reader,  I find it challenging to conjure the right words that perfectly describe our journey of creating Issue V of New Word Order. I..

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December 5, 2022

A New Rage – Fortúne Igiebor on Artistic Catharsis and Revolution

Fortúne Igiebor has established himself in the Irish hip-hop scene as a well-rounded, outlandish vocalist/producer. He has been immersed in the underground setting from as..

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December 5, 2022

Writing, Pets and Condiments: An Interview with Sarah Maria Griffin

Sarah Maria Griffin is an Irish writer, poet, and creator of zines. Sarah has written fiction in her novels Spare and Found Parts, and Other..

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December 5, 2022

Need to Write: Ian Davidson and Creative Compulsion

Ian Davidson is an accomplished poet, author, and essayist. An expert in modern and contemporary poetics, he is currently a professor in University College Dublin’s..

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• Poetry

December 5, 2022

Moondance

by Robyn Kelly (they/she) Artwork by Erlan Dzhumaliev. The moon is beautifully languid in the sky.Head hanging softly as the sun retires yet again,The reflection..

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December 5, 2022

Dandelions

by Olivia Barabanchuk (she/her) Artwork by Hanna Biju. Waiting for the bus on dusty pavement. While through cracks, weeds shoot up straight from cliff-like places...

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December 5, 2022

Orange

by Cathal Brogan (he/him) Artwork by Charlize du Preez. I am an orange. An actor or a serial killer, whichever lies more and is paid..

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December 5, 2022

Squash

by Ella Padden (she/they) Photography by Donncadh MacMáigh. we joke about stealing gourds from the garden,  squash in a tote bag, pumpkin under a coat. ..

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December 5, 2022

Marinated

by Cee Jordan (they/them) Artwork by MeltyBottoms. Trigger warning: Allusions to panic attacks The burrito is eight-oh with a student card.(there’s a real deep first..

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December 5, 2022

Why I Hate the Dentist

by Aedín Jane (she/her) Photography by Conor Bailey. Flat on my back, by latex coated fingers   My mouth is pried apart. I’m set on that..

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December 5, 2022

My Father’s Brother, King of the Sea

by Maria Sheehan (she/her) Photography by Silje-Marie Svendsen. 1  Perched on a rock at the harbour  Gulls screeching overhead  My sadness for him engulfs    me ..

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December 5, 2022

The Orange Poem

by Olivia Barabanchuk (she/her) Artwork by Sona Harrison. Clementine, ever mine,In the palm of my hand,Porous flesh that dips and puckersOils released from glands. The..

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December 5, 2022

Union

by Ingrid Hewson (she/her) Artwork by Laura Bonin. Candlelight flickers in your eyes as youwatch me light the pillar of wax.Wisps of myrrh escape the gilded..

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December 5, 2022

Fate of the Fandangle

by Marie Lyons (she/her) Artwork by Shirpa Velega. A fantastical fandangle was sightedIn an establishment devoted to the supplyof fripperies and fineryBy one who had..

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December 5, 2022

Worship

by David Knurowski (he/him) Photography by Conor Bailey. Keep me in orbit,careless and stranger.Velvet and light in fevered air. Sudden,wayward shadows of the way that..

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December 5, 2022

Streetlamps

by Francesca Giacomel (she/her) Photography by Erlan Dzhumaliev. A drop of luminescent honey solidified against a pole, forever illuminating the streets in the darkness of..

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December 5, 2022

We’ll Meet in December

by Scout Graves (they/them) Photography by Silje-Marie Svendsen. Trigger Warning: suicidal ideation mention I go here where the sky is red at night. Where its’..

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December 5, 2022

Square One

by Beniamino Nardin (he/him) Photography by Conor Bailey. Life is here, life is now; not ahead nor behind. The cobblestoned streets are paintings, frames around..

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December 5, 2022

Trajectory

by David Knurowski (he/him) Photography by Chiao Chien. Stripping walls of posters,fraying at the corners.There are shapes and outlinesin the carpet.A wisp of old dust,the..

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December 5, 2022

They Left Me in Galway.

by Cathal Brogan (he/him) Photography by Shreya Ambades. Trigger Warnings: Suicide. Open your eyes.  Mornings are hard for me.  Open your eyes.  I have to..

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December 5, 2022

Hey Mister

by Naoise Deeney (he/him) Photography by Chiao Chien. It was Mister’s fourth Hospital visit. He did not enter. I was escorted to his car by..

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December 5, 2022

The Puppeteer

by Kylah Kennedy (she/her) Artwork by Bex Ling. TW: Depression / Suicide It was supposed to have clicked by now; the joy she once got..

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December 5, 2022

A Loophole

by Luke Mcmenamin (he/him) Artwork by Fina McDusa. I heard a word recently, one of those words where, once you hear it, you feel a..

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December 5, 2022

Irregular

by D.B. Slaney (he/him) Artwork by Sona Harrison. Rob wasn’t a nosy guy. He figured staying out of other people’s business was better for his..

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December 5, 2022

Having Loved: Death on the Radio

by Scout Graves (they/them)  Photography by Erlan Dzhumaliev. TW: mild gore, descriptions of the deceased, femicide, brief SA mention (no description), traumatic nudity, misogyny, and..

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December 5, 2022

The Cold Breathes, Until Nothing is Left

by Joey Cunningham (he/him) Photography by Isobel Hamilton. The hallway smelled like whiskey and the floors looked like puke, and the walls were so green..

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December 5, 2022

The Freezer

by Gemma Bini (she/her) Artwork by Fina McDusa. My Abuela had bought approximately five hundred and twenty lottery tickets over the years. She’d go get..

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December 5, 2022

Sister Sister

by D.B. Slaney (he/him) Artwork by Shauna Connor. Cold.  That’s all Shauna felt as she stared down at her twin’s corpse. She reached into the..

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December 5, 2022

Allas de Uachtar Gréine

by D.B. Slaney (he/him) Photography by Silje-Marie Svendsen. Ar deireadh, tháinig Rosie ar an mbialann. Théis di a bheith ag spaisteoireacht timpeall na cathrach, níor..

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December 5, 2022

Quest

by Ingrid Hewson (she/her) Artwork by Charlize du Preez. The road was long, and the rain heavy. Thank God the cabin was in sight. A..

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December 5, 2022

Begin Again

by Chris Black (he/him) Photography by Shreya Ambades. The house sat empty and unfinished, as though it was a half-drawn design brought to life. The..

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December 5, 2022

Hail, True Body

by Scout Graves (they/them)  Photography by Conor Bailey. Trigger Warning: Dominant theme of homophobia and internalized homophobia, surrealist intimacy, emetophobia (metaphorical), coming out trauma, religious..

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December 5, 2022

The Cat and The Milkman

by Katie Herbert (she/her) Photography by Chiao Chien. Trigger Warning: Animal Death I was walking back to my apartment along a rather winding road. The..

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