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Biddy Jenkinson- Iníon Léinn i bPáras á léamh ag Louis de Paor
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Poet Louis de Paor is the editor of Leabhar na hAthghabhála/Poems of Repossession, a major anthology of poetry in Irish from the past century with English translations. Here, he reads a poem by Biddy Jenkinson, whom he describes as ‘among the most significant Irish poets of the second half of the twentieth century in either language’ and the ‘playful, erotic intelligence’ of her work.
Siúrtheanga
do Mhuireann
An féidir teanga deirféar a dhíchódú?
Sméideadh cinn is spléachadh súl,
an bhrí faoi cheilt
i ngach strainc is drainc,
i ngach aoibh is dreach.
Ealaíontóir gnúise í mo dheirfiúr:
bolgshúileach, biorshúileach, púiceach.
Tuigim dúrún na dílseachta,
an friotal díchealta
a thugas mo shaol a fhoghlaim.
Mise Éire- Pádraig Mac Piarais
Le himeachtaí ar fad an lae a fheiceáil, féach anseo.
