Hi.

I am looking for any poem from 1970 onwards - but I personally would prefer anything more modern.

Titles will be great - reasons why you like them or what makes them stand out or why you find them special would be nice too.

Thanks.

nothing?

I personaly like Trasnú ó searcaigh and faoiseamh a gheobhadsa.

One of my Irish language students in Tokyo was a poet and liked to bring along Irish poems to go over in class.

One that comes to mind was about a woman who had lost two relatives (her husband and her son, I think?) to drowning accidents and had a surviving son or daughter. The image was of a boat on the shore with two ropes anchored in the sea and one to land. She wanted to throw herself into the ocean to go and meet her loved ones but she still had one loved one on land keeping her there (and alive).

Sorry, it's not much help. Unfortunately, I lost all my notes in the move back to Oz. (Googling didn't turn up anything, either.)

cool, thanks.

anyone else?

Hi Conchubhair.

There is a poem that I adore written by Simon Ó'Faoláin.

I sadly don't have it here but I promise I will root it out at the weekend and post up the text. It was amazing.. he is from Kerry I believe and writes in the finest Munster Irish.

ROGHA AN FHILE
le Gearóid Mac Lochlainn

Táim i dteannta ag fadhb Shíneach na teanga seo-
an Ghaeilge.
Cad chuige a meallann sí mé?
Níor tógadh mé leí.
Ní cainteoir líofa mé fiú
(Cibé rud sin).

Ach mealltar mé
mar mheisceoir meidhreach chuig cúlán ceoil
nó seisiún rúnda a bhfuil leid le tabhairt
chun fáil isteach.
Cad tá le déanamh? Tá mé i bponc.
Níl an t-am agam le bheith ag slogadh siar foclóir
ná an chleasaíocht agam
le blas na Gaelthachta a bhrú ar mo chuid cainte,
is níl an fonn orm bheith gafa i ndianchúrsa eile
le lucht meánaicme Bhaile Átha Cliath.

Tabhair break dom, a chara.

Is céard faoin cheird seo
bua na filíochta?
Adhmhaím don domhan gur fearr liom Ó Dónaill ná Dineen.
Is tá an saol gairid, róghairid le bacadh
lena leithéid de shean-Ghaeilge, meán-Ghaeilge,
filíocht shiollach, meadaracht
is an tioránach dorcha sin, rófhada sa diallait - Traidisiún.

Cut to the chase,
ní féidir liom seasamh os bhur gcomhair
lán och och ón is och ón ó.
Foc sin faoi dhó!

Ba mhian liom labhairt gan chosc, gan cheangal.
Ach cad is fiú é mura n-éisteann tú?

Fágtar ar an trá fholamh mé,
idir dhá chomhairle,
idir dhá thine Bhealtaine
is b'fhéidir idir cúpla seanfhocal eile
nach bhfuil ar bharr mo theanga.

is he the poet from belfast?

he performs the poetry - i like that and him very much.

any more like that?

LÁR NA CRUINNE
le Gabriel Rosenstock

Aimsigh lár na cruinne, arsa Krishnamurphy
Conas? arsa na desceabail.

Tuig, arsa Krishnamurphy,
Tuig nach tusa lár na cruinne
Is osclófar lár na cruinne dhuit.




AE PHÁIDÍN
le Áine Ní Ghlinn

In ainneoin chomhairle an dochtúra
ní éireoidh Páidín as an ól
Cad is fiú d'ae a phurgú
is do chroí istigh á scoilteadh
ag an uaigneas?




AN GIORRIA
le Mícheál Ó hAirtnéide

Ba dhomhan glas é.
Bhí smaointe glasa
ag lúbadh go ciúin
i bpáirc a haigne.
Boladh bó, boladh bainne-
forbairt fhréamh-mhilis
faoi thalamh.

Chuala sí toirneach.
Thit an spéir ar a droim
D'alp an sliabh an ghrian siar.
Múchadh an domhan
mar chipín solais lá gaoithe.
Bhíog a hál istigh faoi chlúmh beo
a boilg.
Bhí a súile ar oscailt,
screamh an bháis ag lot
an ghliondair,
ag lot na loinreach.


Maith dom é, a chailín
Ní raibh aon scian agam
chun do chlann a shábháil.
Maith dom é.

Déan cuardach ar Youtube, tá flúirse eolais is físeanna fé ann.

Ní foláir "Sruth Teangacha" a cheannach, a leaid.

http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=2740

indeed there is - seen the tg4 doc where mhac an tsaoi gave him high praise

cheers for the poems - very much appreciated.

is that poem called ROGHA AN FHILE the one by Gearóid Mac Lochlainn

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