Westmeath 10th September
Words Move in association with West Meath County Council Arts Office
We're delighted to be able to reschedule our Westmeath gigs for 10th September
Jackie Gorman and Fin Furey will be playing gigs for invited community groups, as words and music come alive. Read Jackie's new poem, Saffron Light here...
Jackie Gorman
Saffron Light
The water doesn't know how old you are... Dara Torres
The ochre light shimmers on the lake,
Hare Island hazy on the horizon.
WHERE'LL WE'LL BE
Our Westmeath gigs are for invited community audiences this time. We hope to be back for more soon!
With thanks to the team at the Westmeath Arts Office
THE PERFORMERS
Jackie Gorman
Jackie Gorman is from Athlone and her first collection "The Wounded Stork" was published by The Onslaught Press, UK in 2019. In 2017, she won the Listowel Writers’ Week Single Poem Award and was commended in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards Poem of the Year Award. In the same year, she was part of Poetry Ireland Introductions Series. She has a Masters in Poetry Studies from Dublin City University. She has had work published in the recent Ireland Chair of Poetry anthology “Hold Open the Door” and in Poetry Ireland Review, The Lonely Crowd and The Honest Ulsterman.
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Fin Furey
Fin Furey is a Singer/Songwriter born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. His unique storytelling songwriting style weaves tales of destiny and immortality through historic political events, life on the road, and the intricacies of love, passion, and comical chemical romances.
POEM
Saffron Light
The water doesn’t know how old you are. Dara Torres
The ochre light shimmers on the lake,
Hare Island hazy on the horizon.
A swarm of elvers swim across my feet.
A cool ripple of silver light tickles me.
I see the water move where the pinkeens
teem together among the bulrushes.
A woman waves from a green rowboat
and then she dives straight in, without fear.
I breathe in the joy of this moment, her heavy
splashes and laughter crisp and clear across the lake.
I remember that the water doesn’t know my age.
Everything is still possible in this saffron light.
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Jackie Gorman, 2021
More beautiful poetry always available on Poetry Ireland Here
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