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Transformation - illustration and poem / "Трансформація" – ілюстрація та поезія
Transformation - 180x120cm - paper pencil - 2016 / "Трансформація" – 180x120см – папір, олівець – 2016 textures from nature in so many...
Jan 61 min read
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Enlightenment - illustration and poem / "Осяяння" – ілюстрація та поезія
Enightenment - 180x120cm - paper pencil - 2017 / "Осяяння" – 180x120см – папір, олівець – 2017 etched and scratched in a jungle eyes of...
Jan 61 min read
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Som tidigare samlingar jag haft nöjet att läsa av Kiernan, är det en rytm och ett flyt i dikterna som är medryckande och målande.
"Bara för att bevisa att det finns annat att göra/Just to prove that there are other things at work" är en kort men uppslukande samling...
Nov 7, 20241 min read
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I forgot the buzz - I forgot the buzz of planes- as there awoke -
I forgot the buzz of planes - as there awoke - flew low over my hotel balcony rhythmically chiming with the Incessant torrents of water...
Oct 16, 20241 min read
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Periferi journals autumn edition is out now with two of my poems, Spöken and Midnattsmåne...
The 2024 autumn edition of Periferi is out and I have bought 6 copies to spread good poetry, and a good bonus is having two poems about...
Sep 29, 20241 min read
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Söndagsintervju med Colm Kiernan av Nicko Smith, mer poesi åt folket....
Söndagsintervju med Colm Kiernan av Nicko Smith, mer poesi åt folket....
Sep 16, 20243 min read
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Beer Book release July 2024 - its never too late to quit, but can you!
And there you go Beer Book is released into the world. The inspiration coming from Anthony Jones and his tendency to barter poetry books...
Jun 18, 20242 min read
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Beer Book och Golden Hour - Colm Kiernan arbetar i en berättande dikt tradition där en scen etableras, nyanseras och sedan vrids till i slutet.
...Under 2023 kom Colm Kiernan, till vardags mastermind bakom kulturföreningen Kultivera i Tranås, ut med två böcker: Beer Book på CHAP/...
Jun 3, 20242 min read
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Fick du! - my first ever poem written in Swedish!
"Fick du" is my first ever poem written in Swedish. My favo translator into Swedish felt unemployed as he couldnt translate it he read it...
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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A quiet trip down to Malmö that turned into an international poetry reading in Cleveland Ohio.
A crash course in how to turn a holiday into a festival event. Step number one must be to hang out with the wrong people, step number two...
Apr 12, 20242 min read
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And there you go, I say I dont compete with poetry but still won a place in the regional finals by accident - Poetry Slam 2024 Tranås
It was a quiet day doing final preperations for the Poetry Slam event at Kultiveras place in conjunction with the town Library. The...
Apr 3, 20241 min read
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Ad Lucem have published Ghosts / Spöken and on St Patricks day no less.
Ad Lucem NR 1 2024 arrived on the internet to celebrate St Patricks Day ,Irelands national Holiday and the day ironically I became a...
Mar 31, 20241 min read
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Periferi - Peace at Last / Äntligen ro published in Swedish at long last.
Äntligen ro which is translated by Frank Bergsten and the illustration for the poem by Ukrainian artist Tereshchenko Kostiantyn
Mar 30, 20241 min read
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A poetry reading for Tampa International Book Fair that turns into a wonderful mish mash of cultural stories involving Tranås, Herman Norrman, José Martí and the Swedish Academy
On the 10 March I had the great opportunity to read at the Tampa International Book Fair with Alesia Ribalta who invited me as well as...
Mar 24, 20242 min read
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There is no great drama, no desperation or tragedy, nothing exaggerated - Beer Book
There is no great drama, no desperation or tragedy, nothing exaggerated or underlined, it is the ordinary side of life and things. It...
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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Verandor - bara för att bevisa att det finns annat att göra hösten stannade upp för en dag för att dricka portugisiskt vin...
bara för att bevisa att det finns annat att göra hösten stannade upp för en dag för att dricka portugisiskt vin ta en fika på det vanliga...
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Montering av betydelser - aspekterna av mitt hus inredningen är inte klar överallt behövs detaljer den där saken annorlunda vad nöjd...
aspekterna av mitt hus inredningen är inte klar överallt behövs detaljer den där saken annorlunda vad nöjd jag skulle bli få lite mer...
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Brödtexten magasine have taken my first two translated poems and published them in Swedish.
So very cool to have my first Swedish translations published in Brödtexten a regional publication produced by Litteraturhus Jönköping who...
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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in Zinnkrugs we fly! - taking the seat on the plane at the same time as on the train...
taking the seat on the plane at the same time as on the train starting completion of synchronicity she talked of Mona Lisa and her lovers...
Dec 28, 20231 min read
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Vrol - But if you are going for a walk why do
But if you are going for a walk why do it alone why not share it with a cow if you do it right you might get a friendly face licking what...
Dec 27, 20231 min read
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