[vimeo 90643300 w=500 h=281] This video was made by Pauline Kearney as part of a City of Culture project brief. Sheila is a regular contributor as part of Street Line Critics and it is brilliant to see such a dynamic representation her writings. We were of course more than happy to chalk the streets for…
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Clare Glynn-Chitan on Pery Square
Depression What could be more pleasant than to sit in a restaurant with a glass of wine and have a nice meal, Not to feel guilty about the fact you skived off work, That you have lost your pay on playing the slots, the bingo, the horses, drink, drugs, whatever, Depression is an all-consuming deep…
Open Call – Street Line Critics & The Prequel Programme Collaboration
Street Line Critics & The Prequel Programme Collaboration Submission Deadline: 25th April 2014, 12am. Street Line Critics and The Prequel Programme are delighted to announce an open call for an upcoming collaboration happening in May this year. We would like to invite you to send in written/text based submissions relating to Ormston House (9-10-11 Patrick…
Up and Coming Collaboration with the Prequel Project at Ormston House
Hello Everyone, The first meeting has taken place confirming a collaboration between Street Line Critics and Ormston House’s Prequel Project. http://www.prequel-ormstonhouse.com/events.html No dates have been set just yet but we will be starting up an open call in the coming weeks. We are looking for contributions about Ormston House, creating a collage of its histories,…
Brendan Hayes – Reflections on Street Line Critics
Brendan Hayes – Reflections on Street Line Critics Rain pelleting the front window; the lonesome wail of the midday Angelus bell Monday; I don’t know what to say–I think of wet slippery streets that cannot be scrawled with chalk. I want to get down and dirty by the river of no return; with the…
Neil McCarthy on Catherine Street
Excerpt from ‘Mouth of a Basking Shark’ . Conversation has long been a dying art, patrons of the cafe glued to laptops, propped up like headstones in a forgotten cemetery, rigid in their reluctance to talk. – Neil McCarthy http://www.neilmccarthypoetry.com/ Photographs taken by Natalie Woociker:
Paul O’Connell on O’Connell Street (Outside Augustinian Church)
I know what you’re thinking when you’re looking at me I see it in your eyes and I don’t like what I see But what your seeing is pain and misery Sorrow & tears and trying to come through adversity It’s been so long now I forgot the real me Night after night I’m tossing…
Clare Dollard – Outside the G.P.O. – Lower Cecil Street
G. P. O. . Greatly Pissed Off queueing Seeking service- express. The parcel is not for you, And there’s no forwarding address. . Greeted Politely On entry. Your query, dealt with – quick. ‘It’s a self adhesive stamp,’ says the clerk As your tongue protrudes, to lick. . Greying Pensioners Orbit Around tassled green ropes as they wait For the meagre…
Elaine Hartigan on O’Connell Street
It’s just a street, Where strangers and friends meet, In winter the rain pours down, 11.30 pm on I rarely saw a frown. Melodies sprinkle through the air, Taking away all despair, Couldn’t count the times, The music transcends our minds. Its just a street, On which all cultures meet n greet, But even in…
Adam Rudden’s Poem outside the city library
Bookmark . River-like Our stories flow anew Along dog-eared pages – Adam Rudden