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Guest Post: Grá mo Chroí by Ali Isaac and Jane Dougherty

Originally posted on Suffolk Scribblings:
If you’re looking for a great Valentine’s Day gift, either for your partner or to treat yourself, then what better than a collection of love stories from Irish myth from the wonderful Ali Isaac and Jane Dougherty, and best of all it’s free! Anyway, rather than have me go on…

Emer regrets what is past

By The Owl Lady February 5, 2015 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
The girl she was is no more, Her past, a scattering of driftwood on an empty strand. He took the easy laughter and the wisdom of her words And gave her back the same, Honey-coated and bright as the sun. But love to him was conquest and nights beneath…

Grá mo Chroí : Cover reveal

By The Owl Lady February 3, 2015 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Unless you’ve been living under a stone for the last few weeks, you will have heard that Ali Isaac and myself have got together a collection of our retellings of some of the great love stories from among the Irish myths. This is the official cover reveal for Grá…

Grainne

By The Owl Lady February 2, 2015 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Love reached through the leaves Rowanberry red, blood dark, She cupped her hands, her face, her lips And drank it thick and sweet, Drank it to the lees, Though the lees were more bitter Than wormwood.

Deirdre

By The Owl Lady February 1, 2015 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
It will soon be time to obstruct the ether with propaganda for Grá mo Chroí, the palpitating collection of love stories taken from Irish myth that Ali Isaac and I will be releasing on February 11th. In the meantime, I shall begin with a few poems inspired by the…

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