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These poems have been selected from Twin Skies (Ó Bhéal Press, 2021), which features poets who have taken part in Ó Bhéal’s annual Cork-Coventry poetry exchange (since 2008). They were displayed in Cork City Library’s Poetry in the Park collection during October 2022.

Matthew Geden & Michael McKimm (Marina Park)
Benjamin Burns & Jayne Stanton (Tramore Valley Park)
Michelle Delea & Raef Boylan (FitzGerald’s Park)
Colm Scully & Emilie Lauren Jones (Gerry O’Sullivan Park)
Billy Ramsell & Janet Smith (Blarney Sanctuary Walkway)
Mal Dewhirst (RIP) & Joseph Horgan (Ballincollig Regional Park)

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Marina Park Cork
(October 2022)
 
Nomad          by Matthew Geden

 


Marina Park Cork
(October 2022)
 
Daffodils          by Michael McKimm

 


 



Tramore Valley Park Cork
(October 2022)
 
Fortune          by Benjamin Burns

 


Tramore Valley Park Cork
(October 2022)
 
Sin É          by Jayne Stanton

 


 



FitzGerald’s Park Cork
(October 2022)
 
double room to rent in Cork          by Michelle Delea

 


FitzGerald’s Park Cork
(October 2022)
 
First Visit to Cork          by Raef Boylan

 


 



Gerry O’Sullivan Park Cork
(October 2022)
 
God’s Footballer          by Colm Scully

 


Gerry O’Sullivan Park Cork
(October 2022)
 
Things We Decide Are Beautiful          by Emilie Lauren Jones

 


 



Blarney Sanctuary Walkway Cork
(October 2022)
 
You ask for something beautiful          by Billy Ramsell

 


Blarney Sanctuary Walkway Cork
(October 2022)
 
Eleven was to be other          by Janet Smith

 


 



Ballincollig Regional Park Cork
(October 2022)
 
Reading in the bombed-out bookshop          by Mal Dewhirst (R.I.P.)

 


Ballincollig Regional Park Cork
(October 2022)
 
I Love a Man          by Joseph Horgan