This week we welcome back Maeve McKenna – Poet & Writer to read some of her poetry.
She is originally from Dublin, moved to Sligo with her husband and three children in 2001.
Throughout her life, she has written on and off, but only in the last few years did she find the time to fully focus on her writing.
Maeve writes short stories, flash fiction but poetry is her first love.
She has been commended in several competitions and joint runner up in Trim Poetry competition 2020. Her work features in widely print and online.
In this special episode Maeve reads the following poems
Border Passage,
A Dedication to Drowning,
Holy Pleasure,
Cooled, Boiled Water,
Ultra Silent,
The Sound of Distance,
Book Marker,
Blood,
Tree Felling at Lissadell.
I hope you enjoy this show and we will be bringing you more episodes like this with local musicians, actors, writers and poets too in the future.
Drop me a line if you would like to be on the show – clodagh@sligo.life