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Chalk me up as another person who missed this piece when it came out in December. Stunning, luxurious writing on family, friends, and Seamus Heaney, by Caitlin Flanagan. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... H/T @deshocks.bsky.social

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We drummed our wee hearts out this morning for those who couldn’t make the final Friday session of our @foyleobon Taiko For Carers programme. Huge thanks to @cfnireland for their support for this class project, and we will get you all back to the drum soon!! #taikoforcarers #taikoformentalhealth❤️⭐️❤️

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Cannot believe that we have come to the end of our @foyleobon Taiko for Carers programme, this is our gorgeous Thursday class owning all of their space at the drums and being just class!Here’s to getting them all back at the drum soon! #taikoforhealthandwellbeing #japaneseartsinthecommunity ❤️⭐️❤️

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“At Three Castles Head We Catch our Breath” …under the flowering bank of earth behind us, which responds again to the nearing of a star, each unfolding primrose an inch of yellow velvet, each heavy violet teetering on its slim stem … (Poetry perfection from the inimitable Moya Cannon 💚

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A lovely morning today… I stumbled across the Linen Hall library in Belfast ❤️

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This airs Tuesday 11th on BBC1 at 10:40 & will be on the iPlayer if you miss it. A remarkable film tracing the expressive beauty of Ulster-Scots through the words of past and present women writers across NI. The breadth & quality of the writing is stunning, presented by Anne McMaster #ulsterscots

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Must admit, not particularly feeling the #ValentinesDay mood this year, but reading this has made me as light as a feather...

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Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

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Happy Valentine's Day, everyone 💖

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In the 8th century A.D. (roughly, the 740s), something most peculiar happened above the abbey in Clonmacnoise. And it inspired this poem. • Seamus Heaney •

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People keep saying, What can we DO?' 'What can I, one little person, do?' You can start by reading THIS. Print it out. Treat it like a course of study. Set yourself exercises, even the hard ones. This is a really good, sound guide to what we're going through. So what can you do? #LearnFromEurope

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Birdsong. Not the overwhelming tutti of summer’s dawn chorus but individual voices, distinct lines in the score. One is so near the kitchen window as to seem to be in the kitchen, others more distant, like memory. Sweet trills and melodies, heartbreakingly tentative, longing for some avian eternity

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Pupils forced out of school building due to fears over 'structural integrity' of roof Without question, an 'unavoidable work'. EA claims Lisneal's pitch deemed serious risk/unavoidable work in 2019 - yet children played on it continuously for 6 years. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

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I have a special friend who is very fond of trees, and so reading this always makes me smile. 🙂 • Francis Harvey •

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An MOOD don deireadh seachtaine saoire bainc ✨

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Happy Imbolc 🌱

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The Irish saint and goddess entwined, Brigid is associated with blacksmiths, spring, and cattle, among others, and stories like blinding herself to repel men's unwanted attention. The three-armed cross here represents both the triple goddess and the trinity. Lá Fhéile Bríde shona daoibh 🌸

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• Mary Oliver •

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'Northern Ireland councils to get £45m for regional development' The Economy Department and Minister do an awful lot of talking about regional equality. It is tinkering around the edges so far. Take this one for example... www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/nor...

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Important new research out today concludes that English “water companies are adopting disinformation tactics similar to those used by the fossil fuel and tobacco industries with the widespread use of greenwashing to downplay the environmental harm they cause”. 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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I wrote this about the media's first big test of Trump 2.0, and how poorly it scored. On the tedious, vital work of seeing what's in front of our faces for the next four years. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

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We’re mourning the loss of the wonderful Michael Longley, who has died in Belfast aged 85. A Vice President of The Poetry Society, we were proud to publish him in our magazine The Poetry Review throughout his long career. Sharing below a 2014 poem which celebrated his long marriage to Edna Longley.

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Michael Longley

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Pretty taiko ❤️😍

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The taiko year has begun ⭐️ #taikolove

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Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft takes the clearest picture of Venus ever made

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Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

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I think this is the most beautiful frame on the interplay of language and emotion. In the vastness of our experiences - the shipwrecks, the riptides, the storms - there's a critical moment when what we're feeling washes into language. That's the moment everything changes

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Ireland's government is trialling a Basic Income for Artists programme. This is my argument for why it's necessary for the well-being of artists who contribute so much to the nation's economy, but are mined as a resource, instead of being treated as valued workers. oisinmcgann.com/how-the-crea...

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“It was the clearest, coldest day I have ever known....Roads were ridged and fanged with ice, opaque and shiny as frozen rivers. Goldfinches sparkled in snow-lit hedges. …Horizons were misty, the sun cold with blue sky above, the north wind light.” January entries, J.A. Baker, The Peregrine (1967)

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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

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each of us Adrienne Rich, III, ‘Twenty-One Love Poems’

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No expense spared in the making of this holiday message 😜🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻🎄❤️ #seasonsgreetings

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Entering my ‘DONT EAT ANYTHING ITS ALL FOR CHRISTMAS, ALL THE NICE THINGS ARE NOT FOR EATING’ era

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'Happiness. It comes on unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really, Any early morning talk about it.' Raymond Carver

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The Undertones being class this evening in Belfast #teenagekicks #hardtobeat #aye

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Word of the day is ‘bellycheer’ (16th century): feasting, gluttony, and ‘the gratification of the belly’.

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It’s the best show on the Telly #strictly #justmagic

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Am having a small wahhhh thinking of January with no #strictly sparkles 😂

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They should change the rules and let them ALL win, that’s it now #strictly

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Bawling, Chris & Diane wowww #strictly

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The older I get, the more I wonder at those who capture the blunt, angry numbness of grief. Not just the sorrow; the emptiness, the rage. The tiring, tedious business of running on the spot. I wish Brian comfort, and only hope he knows how many people his words will reach, and help.

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