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Derry Girls – a British sitcom set in Derry Northern Ireland in the 1990s during the “Troubles” In the scene Our Lady Immaculate College gets a new English teacher, the unconventional Ms De Brún. In her first class, she reads aloud poems written by the girls, leaving most gobsmacked by the lack of talent present in the form but providing some insights into the role of poetry.
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5:45
Live at Chamber Poets 66 @ Woodend RSL Sub Branch, 32 Anslow Street, Woodend.
1:02
A poem from the book "in the same breath..." by Alan Jefferies...
1:00
https://thedailykitkelen.blogspot.com/ ||
so much unseen to me ||
the pocketful dark ||
curve of the Earth ||
the turning ||
frame of bones I am ...
1:17
Magdalena Ball reads her poem "Not Rush Hour" from her Flying Island book "Highwire Step"'
0:41
Clark Gormley reads his poem "Cargo Trousers".
0:51
Alan Jefferies reads from his book "Seem".
1:07
Béatrice Machet reads from her Flying Islands Pocketbook "For Unity".
2:56
Anna Couani reads from her recently published book "Local" (Flying Island Books, 2021). The reading is interspersed with beautiful watercolour images by the author.