tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36071634378464534702024-03-19T02:38:45.476-07:00Róisín Tierney Poet, Teacher, Administrator
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607163437846453470.post-81191122469728768152017-10-26T10:27:00.012-07:002022-04-20T01:46:35.739-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Tiger-Moth</span></b></h4><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Then
in the kitchen one July afternoon</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">you
come floating in bringing with you a host<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span>of
the old superstitions.</span><span> </span><span>Beautiful, double
clothed,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">red-gold
in flight, a tigerish zigzag <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span>of
cream and brown stripes when at rest,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">you
alight on our cupboard. Totem. Amulet. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span>As
exotic in your own way</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">as
the olm, the tetra, the aye-aye<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span>with
that tendency to meddle in the dark arts,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">and
your leaning towards outlandish talents—<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span>hissing
at bats to befuddle them,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">even
spraying them with your venom!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span>On our
terrace you have left</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">the
nicotiana and foxgloves moth-sucked <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span>and weeping, have lapped up their poisons</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">for your own toxic armoury.</span><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Brave little juju. You make me feel lucky.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I know I must address you quickly<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span>before I get caught up in that old dilemma:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">am I a woman dreaming of a moth, or rather…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span>So here you have my question, mythmaker:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">
</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have you any news of my father?</span></span></p></div>
Roisin Tierneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119518390268209605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607163437846453470.post-16305875573042526502016-07-26T02:41:00.008-07:002022-04-20T01:54:42.118-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; page-break-after: avoid; punctuation-wrap: hanging;">
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Tiger Moth </b>is launched<b>! </b>I am so pleased my little book is finally out in the world!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; page-break-after: avoid; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; page-break-after: avoid; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If ordering from Ireland - copies </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>can be purchased directly from Turas Press </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> www.turaspress.ie </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; page-break-after: avoid; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If ordering from the UK - copies are available from London Review Bookshop or contact me directly: roisintierney@hotmail.com</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; page-break-after: avoid; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; page-break-after: avoid; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; page-break-after: avoid; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv73KjWTYzPakkS5rOFVg_Oi9JAM2gdjuCi-4TiMUhs_ucET2fTdwSY7Qci7qnLP7uHO1joqfyeNORDPVp_h0iNv_56OpvPCHDeiGsAjet4eOZvrtezlpslfQb1k8MqqQTUOz9xuKEwWylESRwTg-UVOg_gcg0X_HaBGdkqzxe5DBr7ipKP5bQ3ZQLjw/s1280/Cover%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv73KjWTYzPakkS5rOFVg_Oi9JAM2gdjuCi-4TiMUhs_ucET2fTdwSY7Qci7qnLP7uHO1joqfyeNORDPVp_h0iNv_56OpvPCHDeiGsAjet4eOZvrtezlpslfQb1k8MqqQTUOz9xuKEwWylESRwTg-UVOg_gcg0X_HaBGdkqzxe5DBr7ipKP5bQ3ZQLjw/w300-h400/Cover%202.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; page-break-after: avoid; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span> </span></span></div>
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