WALT WHITMAN Poets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come! Not to-day is to justify me, and answer what I am for; But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than before known, Arouse! Arouse–for you must justify me–you…
Galway’s diaspora, like all emigrants, find themselves in various locations for a variety of reasons… employment, adventure, travel. For Frances Fahy from Corrandulla the reason was very much love. 40 years on she is happily married to Renzo and enjoying…
JOHN I. CLARKE “Is this the kind of book you would wish your wife or servant to read?” There is no more infamous comment in British social history than that made by Chief Prosecutor Mervyn Griffiths-Jones at the Lady Chatterley’s…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) Four haiku and a sculpture by Satish Gupta, India From the Bo tree a golden leaf floats down – meditating in mid air Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka *** Water flowing, no time to pass judgment on uneven…
Special Prize Ostana 2016 VALENTINA MUSMECI (edited by) «No one I know is doing such incredible, ground-breaking things to ensure that Yoruba, an indigenous Nigerian language, continues to enjoy dignity. There are very few people doing such great work with minority…
When the night falls she escapes She locks the cage carefully and leaves ………………….She wonders what she has forgotten ………………….She locks away and leaves ………………….Maybe the light is on ………………….Maybe the door is open ………………….Maybe the day after today ………………….Maybe…
ROBERTA FERRARIS Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime…
