Mansize Now you aren’t here I find myself ironing linen squares, three by three, the way my mother’s always done, … More
Tag: Maura Dooley
Mowing the lawn with Maura Dooley
‘There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as … More
Lifesaving Poems: Tonnus Oosterhoff’s ‘Middle Ages’
Middle Ages (Translated by Paul Vincent) Folk from the past jostled for a place in the wall with distant … More
Gratitude
I’m grateful to you, you see. I wanted to tell you. –Raymond Carver (‘For Tess’) A kind, wise man once … More
Lifesaving Poems: Ian Duhig’s ‘From the Irish’ and Maura Dooley’s ‘Mansize’
Last night saw the launch of Magma 53 at the Troubadour Coffee House in London with guest readers and Lifesaving … More
Lifesaving Poems
I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More