CRANNOG Spring 2014 Journal
A free subscription was included with entry into their competition, so I’ve just received my copy of ‘CRANNOG Spring 2014’.
Wish I’d read it before entering… The book feels slim but the 88 page volume is packed with clever writing.
The Galway editorial board did a superb job of choosing short stories and poems which affect the reader – and they did.
Like “Worship” by Ruth Quinlan: Your white shoes aren’t white at all. They’re just cream pretending to be white and when you hold them against the Communion dress they look old and discoloured even though you know they’re new.
The words put put me right into the moment of my own Holy Communion (which I haven’t thought about since) remembering the crisp feel of new material and the smell of polished shoes. Wonderful writing.
Or Breda Wall Ryan’s “Crushie” poem: The rain has stopped. Sunlight/veneers a table set between windows. /The year turns.
The journal CRANNOG Spring 2014 is available for Kindle fans or surprisingly cheaper as a printed version.
Certainly well worth the few dollars to enjoy such gifted authors.
#FrancesMacaulayForde #CrannogSpring2014 #RuthQuinlan #BredaWallRyan
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