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NORTH WEST WORDS<br />
SPRING / SUMMER <strong>2018</strong> ISSUE 9<br />
Séan Dáiliocht<br />
Limpet, Bairneach<br />
Holding fast<br />
Dooey’s black rock harvest<br />
No duileasc here but dúlaman<br />
Periwinkles called wilks<br />
Hiding behind gelatinous fronds<br />
Picked <strong>and</strong> bucketed<br />
Boiled<br />
Drawn out with sewing needles<br />
Tasting of the sea<br />
The Bairneachs sizzling on the<br />
Hot range top<br />
The foot chewy, delicious<br />
A taste acquired<br />
From my mother<br />
With the skill<br />
Of stone striking shell<br />
Neolithic, in its simple beauty<br />
The burning of fires<br />
The sea birds calls, the same<br />
And each unanswered wave.<br />
Eoin Mac Guibhir<br />
18
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