Sylvia Plath, the tortured poet of the mid 20th century, has been dead for almost twice as long as she lived yet, almost 60 years after her death, the very mention of her name can start a literary war. Plath is is as close to Marmite woman as you can get. There are very fewContinue reading “Love her or hate her you have to recognise Sylvia Plath’s poetry”
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Becoming The Man My Father Always Was
by Dónall Dempsey (b: 1956 in the Curragh of Kildare, Ireland) Each night I would follow you through the rituals of what you had to do being Daddy. I wanted to be Daddy too. Mimicking your gait becoming an exact copy of you trailing along in your footsteps like a lone seagull following in theContinue reading “Becoming The Man My Father Always Was”