Wednesday is another poetry day...

Jan 07, 2009 15:15

the little bird
that whistled shrill
from the nib of
its yellow bill:

a note let go
o’er Belfast Lough -
a blackbird from
a yellow whin

A free translation from the 9th Century Irish by Ciarán Carson

northern ireland, belfast, kultcha, poetry, ireland

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