Finding Home by Carmel Ennis Photo submitted by author. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp In 1983, I spent a week in a Magdalene laundry in Dublin’s Sean Mc Dermott St as part of a research team uncovering hidden homelessness, especially among women. It was a new departure in common perceptions of […]
Love and Care for People powers Ireland National Diversity Awards to celebrate excellence of those who build bridges to unite communities By Good Day Cork Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Joanna Dukkipati, Founder of Good Day Cork (right)is one of ten to recieve Ireland National Diversity Award Cork organisation Love and
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Juxtaposition Fahmeda Naheed Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Illustration by Fahmeda Naheed You see the Black and White You can not see the Grey in me As of ashes, clouds, dull and wrecked But I still exist!!! (A Stateless Child) About Fahmeda Naheed Fahmeda Naheed is originally from Pakistan, living in
‘Waiting Game’ & ‘Dragon Born’ by JT Taylor (They/Them) Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp JT Taylor Waiting Game Spent the best years of my life Believing a lie Making friends that would one day think I deserved to die The 25th of September A Friday autumn morning In my art class
Protest by Susanna Ruth and Marta Vinci Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Susanna Ruth (left) and Marta Vinci Slavery and rejection and even humiliation, It’s not right to be living in this creation. How many more until it’s enough, Until people can stop looking through the rubble and dust. People have
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Prodigal Son by Noah Hamilton Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Noah Hamilton (He/Him) Walking down Richmond Hill,With a guitar on my back,I feel free and in love,Without a panic attack. The North Mon treated me right,Through thick and thin,I wish to thank them,Even though on the gin. The love they gave me,Worth more
It would be easier by Sloane Quirke Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Sloane Quirke (They/Them) It would be easier if I never hurt If this pain was never inflicted It would be easier if I didn’t fight If I just let them keep hurting me It would be easier if I
Protest Poetry The rebels pen their cause Good Day Cork acknowledges all rebels –– who champion equity, justice & hold up the mirror to others who are ‘asleep’,– who rise,– and use different poetry formats to express their thoughts that support their activism. If there’s anything you’d like to see here, just get in touch.
Feeling life affirmed after talking about death and dying by Valerie Smith Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp (From left) Rosi Lalor, Louise O’Brien, Jeanie Jyanti Noonan – guest speakers at ‘Starting at The End’ Photo by José Bateira All houses have known death, and this knowledge binds us to one another.
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Call for Multilingual Submissions by Team Good Day Cork Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Poster illustration by Rosie Alabaster Good Day Cork invites all multilingual speakers/writers to submit a creative fiction/non-fiction piece in your native tongue along with the English translation to our new collection called ‘Pathways’. This project is made
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