Liam Carson
@liamcarson.bsky.social
Author of memoir Call Mother a Lonely Field. Haiku poet (first collection Belfast Twilight just published by Salmon Poetry). Director of IMRAM Féile Litríochta Gaeilge/Irish-language Literature Festival.
Overflow pile of books.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Overflow pile of books.
Dublin 1966, by Evelyn Hofer.
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Dublin 1966, by Evelyn Hofer.
Poems by Thomas A Clark.
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Poems by Thomas A Clark.
Poems by Thomas A Clark.
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Poems by Thomas A Clark.
Just inside the door of The Last Bookshop, Camden Street, Dublin.
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Just inside the door of The Last Bookshop, Camden Street, Dublin.
Ag seastán IMRAM ag an Oireachtas an tseachtain seo a chuaigh thart.
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Ag seastán IMRAM ag an Oireachtas an tseachtain seo a chuaigh thart.
And if you fancy it, you could do a wee bit of shopping with your wee credit card, then go back to your wee hotel for a wee drink.
November 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
And if you fancy it, you could do a wee bit of shopping with your wee credit card, then go back to your wee hotel for a wee drink.
Eithne chilling on her mid-term, drawing by Niamh.
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Eithne chilling on her mid-term, drawing by Niamh.
Better late than never, we got into the polls at 9.30, after picking up Eithne who had travelled all the way from Belfast to vote for the first time. Democratic duty done, but a bit disheartening to hear from polling station staff that the turnout seemed to be the lowest they had ever seen.
October 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Better late than never, we got into the polls at 9.30, after picking up Eithne who had travelled all the way from Belfast to vote for the first time. Democratic duty done, but a bit disheartening to hear from polling station staff that the turnout seemed to be the lowest they had ever seen.
Roinnt leabhar a fuair mé inniu. Today's book booty.
October 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Roinnt leabhar a fuair mé inniu. Today's book booty.
This is their latest Trump style tactic...
October 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is their latest Trump style tactic...
so fluffy…
from a seagull’s belly
a little feather falls
old dog hobbles
through fallen leaves
on his paws wee booties
side by side
swooping way low then way up
two crows
compass needle
a tree’s shadow slowly turns
in autumn sunlight
above
the golden trees
a seagull’s sunlit belly
from a seagull’s belly
a little feather falls
old dog hobbles
through fallen leaves
on his paws wee booties
side by side
swooping way low then way up
two crows
compass needle
a tree’s shadow slowly turns
in autumn sunlight
above
the golden trees
a seagull’s sunlit belly
October 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
so fluffy…
from a seagull’s belly
a little feather falls
old dog hobbles
through fallen leaves
on his paws wee booties
side by side
swooping way low then way up
two crows
compass needle
a tree’s shadow slowly turns
in autumn sunlight
above
the golden trees
a seagull’s sunlit belly
from a seagull’s belly
a little feather falls
old dog hobbles
through fallen leaves
on his paws wee booties
side by side
swooping way low then way up
two crows
compass needle
a tree’s shadow slowly turns
in autumn sunlight
above
the golden trees
a seagull’s sunlit belly
Two gems from Dedalus Press. Neil P Doherty's translations of Turkish poets are elegant and hugely readable. Jaki McCarrick's poetry takes us through landscapes urban and rural in Ireland and England, with a gorgeous mix of the lyrical and the narrative - poems where people and tales come to life.
October 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Two gems from Dedalus Press. Neil P Doherty's translations of Turkish poets are elegant and hugely readable. Jaki McCarrick's poetry takes us through landscapes urban and rural in Ireland and England, with a gorgeous mix of the lyrical and the narrative - poems where people and tales come to life.
Lovely review of Belfast Twilight in latest issue of Fortnight Magazine, by Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana.
October 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Lovely review of Belfast Twilight in latest issue of Fortnight Magazine, by Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana.
Latest poetry book booty, looking forward to reading them all.
October 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Latest poetry book booty, looking forward to reading them all.
Drawings by Niamh Lawlor of poets at last night's Cultivating Voices online reading. Myself, Catherine Ann Cullen, Lauren O'Donovan and Molly Twomey. And a big thanks to Sandy Yannone for bringing us together for a lovely night of poems, and the stories within the poems, of which there were many.
October 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Drawings by Niamh Lawlor of poets at last night's Cultivating Voices online reading. Myself, Catherine Ann Cullen, Lauren O'Donovan and Molly Twomey. And a big thanks to Sandy Yannone for bringing us together for a lovely night of poems, and the stories within the poems, of which there were many.
Frank Stanford’s The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You. Keen to have a copy of this, out of print for some time. Luckily there's a new edition from University of Arkansas Press next year. Love the excerpts I have read so far. Hallucinatory, incantatory, gorgeously weird.
October 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Frank Stanford’s The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You. Keen to have a copy of this, out of print for some time. Luckily there's a new edition from University of Arkansas Press next year. Love the excerpts I have read so far. Hallucinatory, incantatory, gorgeously weird.
Current reading. Sarah Orne Jewett's short novel of life in a small American town is both lyrical and sparse, suspect this was an influence on Ursula Le Guin's Searoad. Nice wee read.
October 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Current reading. Sarah Orne Jewett's short novel of life in a small American town is both lyrical and sparse, suspect this was an influence on Ursula Le Guin's Searoad. Nice wee read.
The Harlan Ellison section. Wrote some amazing stories, seems to have been forgotten about, I think. At his best, a wonderful fabulist with a dark, edgy style that could sing.
October 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Harlan Ellison section. Wrote some amazing stories, seems to have been forgotten about, I think. At his best, a wonderful fabulist with a dark, edgy style that could sing.
The October Country. By Ray Bradbury.
October 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The October Country. By Ray Bradbury.
flying out of the hole
in Hank Williams's guitar
a luna moth
Haiku found in Frank Stanford poem.
in Hank Williams's guitar
a luna moth
Haiku found in Frank Stanford poem.
October 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
flying out of the hole
in Hank Williams's guitar
a luna moth
Haiku found in Frank Stanford poem.
in Hank Williams's guitar
a luna moth
Haiku found in Frank Stanford poem.
Otherworldly poetry by Frank Stanford.
October 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Otherworldly poetry by Frank Stanford.
Ag tabhairt faoi dánta a roghnú on chnuasach iontach seo le haghaidh léiriú de chuid IMRAM.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Ag tabhairt faoi dánta a roghnú on chnuasach iontach seo le haghaidh léiriú de chuid IMRAM.
Unarmed women, children and elders died in the Wounded Knee Massacre. Survivors witnessed troops chasing down children running away to butcher them. And now the US government calls those troops 'brave soldiers'. MAGA would do it all again. Genocide is on their minds. They tell us what they are.
September 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Unarmed women, children and elders died in the Wounded Knee Massacre. Survivors witnessed troops chasing down children running away to butcher them. And now the US government calls those troops 'brave soldiers'. MAGA would do it all again. Genocide is on their minds. They tell us what they are.