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Epiphany
 Every morning after turning on my computer, I access The American Heritage Dictionary program and its word for the day. This day, the word that came up was: Zymurgy – The branch of chemistry that deals with the fermentation process, as in brewing. I laughed heartily because exactly thirteen years … Continue reading The Inspection
 By Paddy Mulan Miss Flood stood wooden-faced, at the front of the class. She was a formidable figure, heavy without being fat, with dyed brown hair swept up and back, Maggie Thatcher style. Beside her and dressed in a white coat, an equally large Nurse Dunne was pulling on a … Continue reading Abandoned
By Paddy Mulan It was a special day. Rory’s twenty-first. Where was he? Why had he not come like a knight in shining armour and swept her away? They could set up home like a proper family. Sinead still clung limpet-like to the possibility that one day he might find … Continue reading |
Love Affair
Paired Physical Pheromone Phenomenon. Untitled
I want my heart to dance to sway to the rhythm of my soul, keep time with the allegro of my spirit. Maidstone
Paddy Mulan This is just to say It was not my fault. So many years apart, On a ship That never sailed. To see you And never hold you. Wire deliberately placed So tantalisingly close That our fingers Even stretched, Could not touch. Your feet, Twisted and cut By a … Continue reading The Fisherman
Rosemary Cutliffe Quinn In Memory of Paddy Mullan Thigh deep on the river bed He stands content His line curls to the flick of a fish Silence The water well in flood Brown depths Where patient trout twist in the ripples Leap to the gleam of the fly A light … Continue reading |
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ICAN Conference Nine Tenths Under: Performing the Peace
 We would love you to join us at the next ICAN Conference Nine Tenths Under: Performing the Peace at the Brian Friel Theatre, Belfast on 22nd – 24th March 2012. |
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Derry Playhouse Writers are writers of poetry, novels, plays, short stories, biography, autobiography, scripts (for both film and television), and essays.
