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Finding home Carmel Ennis photo for article in Good Day Cork

Finding Home

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 […]

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Good Day Cork Protest Poetry Morgan Lyons

Morgan Lyons

Notes to Make Up, Notes to Face by Morgan Lyons Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Morgan Lyons Make up What do I have to make up for? Having Spots Pores Oil Flaws Imperfect Imbalanced A dab here, a dab there Conceal. Tone down. Clean up. Don’t just clean up, give up.

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Good Day Cork Protest Poetry Rosaleen Brady

Rosaleen Brady

My gender should not be a burden by Rosaleen Brady Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Rosaleen Brady (She/Her) I’m afraid to walk home in the dark, afraid to walk home alone there’s street lights hanging over my head but I can’t shake the dread that’s following me My head and heart

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SylviaWohlfarth_ProtestPoetry

Sylvia Wohlfarth

Beyond fear by Sylvia Wohlfarth Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Sylvia Wohlfarth (She/Her) What does it take to exit the door struggling with fear and sorrow and store them in a cloud of anger and desperation on which you, one day, may be laid to rest on your celestial quest for

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