Author Archives: jasonoruairc

Where be the Blackbird?

Posted on July 7, 2019 by jasonoruairc

I know where he be. Next door’s front garden, head cocked to one side, orange beak grasping an almost-ripe cherry from my tree. I look round at the tree: the slender branch, once perilously bowed under the weight of its … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: ‘Judith’ by Eunice Yeats.

Posted on August 3, 2018 by jasonoruairc

Judith, he goes to me, don’t be gettin’ up on that stepladder for you’ll fall and crack your skull. That’s Victor, my husband. Victor was married before. First wife died in 1986 and Victor never left their house for two … Continue reading →

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Thought for the day

Posted on June 13, 2018 by jasonoruairc

Sometimes you just want somebody to make you a cup of tea.

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Guest Post: ‘The Circus’ by Harry Bradley

Posted on January 25, 2018 by jasonoruairc

As I roved down by Carlisle Circus a fire was in my head, And I didn’t know if it was the drink I’d drunk or the week of tea instead, aye-oh, or the weak auld tea instead. For the girls … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Wish .

Posted on December 25, 2017 by jasonoruairc

And lo! The people awoke. And verily they said unto one another: ‘This … is not my lord.’ ‘This prince has no dominion over me’. ‘Thou, puppet, art not queen of my heart’. And thenceforth the people made their own … Continue reading →

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The Appointment

Posted on November 27, 2017 by jasonoruairc

Who the fuck is Jerome? No idea. No matter how deep I scrabble around in the usually-fertile soil of my memory, there is nothing there. I don’t recall meeting anyone called Jerome. Ever. But there it is: a reminder on … Continue reading →

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Waking

Posted on June 2, 2017 by jasonoruairc

That moment between sleep and the coming day, when nothing else matters – just being; The unblemished intimacy of soft skin; blissful union of mind and body. Innocent as childer we are perfect.

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Guest post: ‘sometimes’, by Martin McKenna

Posted on May 15, 2017 by jasonoruairc

sometimes when the traffic weakens you feel you could have the run of the city in memorium. when there were no capitalisations, only silent confetti   and these light needles back through these shut blinds seam all the day mine. … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: ‘from a kitchen on ravenhill’, by Martin McKenna.

Posted on May 15, 2017 by jasonoruairc

as rain sloshed everything else, you in my gut, again. i try to think about outside,   again. buck chopping board smile, the sag of my knives give away the other side. spear through to   blot bottle of wine … Continue reading →

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No Laughing Matter

Posted on February 10, 2017 by jasonoruairc

Nobody knew where it came from, or how it spread so far, so quickly. It appeared on three continents in the course of one day; a mark on the calendar that became portentously known as Day 1. It was soon … Continue reading →

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