the butcher. the ripper. the surgeon.
the Haruspex
A very happy publication day to my fellow Disco writer, the wonderful Emma van Straaten! This Immaculate Body is available now in a bookstore near you.
I
To them I am the brute not the lover
The raging king’s hound, his gold spear – death’s kiss
Was this the way, was there no other?
II
History, prayèrs did try to cover –
Those violent delights, and that violent bliss
- To them I am the brute not the lover.
III
Yet, if time would but only uncover
Those extra curves of your smiles that they miss – I miss.
Was this the way – was there no other?
IV
If the Prince of Troy did not hover over
My mind and your ghost – in debt to the Styx –
To them I am the brute not the lover!
V
They forget romeo, the pre-mover;
Was it for this you died, was it for this?
Alas, I am the brute. Not your lover.
Was this the way? Was there no other?
"Achilles" by Sadbh Kellett. First published in The Attic XX, 2017.
Lá fhéile Bríde sona daoibh! Tá an tEarrach linn.
Really and truly ar mhuin na muice to announce that I've signed with Sabhbh Curran at Curtis Brown. So excited to work on my debut novel with her!
A blogpost I wrote last year on such an underrated Irish writer!
How the last few weeks of the thesis got me feeling rn
New poem in Tower Vol I: End out May 15th!
Brigid of Spring | Draíocht
Nobody prepares you for the sheer horror that is the last month of your PhD
Had some film developed recently. A few hikes from the summer, namely around the Mournes and in Wicklow. A bonus photo of my friend Roberta on top of the well rock in Dunino Den in Fife – a powerful and ancient place that you could drive right past without ever knowing was there! The area was clearly of significance to the Picts given the carved stone footprint beside the natural well, the Pictish stone and the stairs hewn out of the rock itself. It's a beautiful area. Go if you ever get the chance!
Irish writer and academic. Sí/í. Literary agent ~ Sabhbh Curran, Curtis Brown Books
39 posts