Namanlagh

I guess I must have been in two minds
about the new day
as the daylight gods
began to march in straight lines
going I don’t know where

from ‘The Spare Room’


In his first collection for more than a decade, Tom Paulin revisits themes of place, occupation, conflict and legacy, primarily in the context of his native Northern Ireland. Stories and memories, even histories, are shown to be both frail and persis