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April 22, 2023

Phantom Blue

By Simon Young Photo By Kila Smyth That afternoon Elliot and I went for a stroll through the city. It was hot and the sun..

April 22, 2023

The Perfect Treehouse

By Samuel Doyle Art “9 to 5” By Penny Stuart The treehouse in Stephen Hannigan’s back garden took him three months to build. Every weekend..

April 22, 2023

Her Heart Was Pumping Hard

By Gerard Byrne Photo By Irish Mae Llavore Her heart was pumping hard. But Jenny couldn’t slow down or even take a break from her..

April 22, 2023

Age of Resentment

By John Higgins Art By Penny Stuart The driver grimaces. I stamp down on the back of the buggy, lifting the front two wheels into..

April 22, 2023

The Enemy of Mankind

By Maolsheachlann O’Ceallaigh Photo “Floating” By Aurora Santoro When I have drawn my dying breathThere will be wailing all around:“He kept his madness unto death And..

April 22, 2023

Plant

By Lucy Bleeker Photo “Burnt Out” By Eoin Campbell I thought you could bring life to the room. placed you in turquoise flecked terracottaon the..

April 22, 2023

Sandymount Sand

By Conor Killian Art By Lucy Keegan I’ve spent warm days in Sandymount, When tide was out, and out with it –the wind. I’d stroll along..

April 22, 2023

Ireland’s Lost Generation

By Millie Whyte Art “Reflection of an Artist” By Charlize Du Preez The grass is so green in IrelandAnd isn’t that so ironic?The soon-to-be barren..

April 22, 2023

Down The Drain

By Ailbhe Curran Photo By Kila Smyth It was too easy.Its little legs wavered, Like clinging in a fall from carousel As it washed Round and round, Down and..

April 22, 2023

Self-Diagnosis in my Twenties

By Selene Hoffstetter Art By Penny Stuart Why is it, in my twenties, the world starts to fall apart? My body gains new medical terms I can’t even..

April 22, 2023

Tasteless

By Jess Brady Art By Ash Clancy Please teach me how to breathe,Strip the blue away from my eyes and tell me exactly how to..

April 22, 2023

Muddied Wrists

By Autumn Michels Art By Lucy Keegan Dear, I’m so afraid I’ve lost your key, The one you entrusted to me. Please, Forgive me if I let..

April 22, 2023

Second Sun

By Caitlin Lindsay Art By Ash Clancy Have you ever seen the sun at night?Not the moon. Not the moon- but The Little Boy in the sky. ..

April 22, 2023

Act of Contrition

By Aoife Ní Giolla Bháin Photo “Backlit” By Charlize Du Preez forgive me father, for I have sinned. I have stolen things. I have broken vows. ..

April 22, 2023

Note

By Iolanda Munck Art By Lucy Keegan moonshelves cushioned with whimsembroidered and disgardedthe spook that fought the bardthe frog that pondered woethe parting ways of..