Reclaiming silence - a poetic response to an Irish tragedy
Updated / Friday, 16 Apr 2021 16:53 Come, Come, Let the Blazing Truth Blind (clockwise, from left): Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Kimberly Campanello, Caelainn Hogan, Connie Roberts, Vicky Langan and Jess Kavanagh In a poem titled 'Inheritance' from her 2015 collection Little Witness, poet Connie Roberts responded to the Poor Clare Orphanage Fire of 1943: "…I won’t sing/ of winged angels and burnished gold;/ I won’t tell it slant – come, let the blazing truth blind". On Saturday 17 April, a host of Irish writers and performers will participate in a public zoom event drawing attention to...
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