Aine MacAodha Poetry & links

I am a Writer, Photographer, Genealogist, Daughter of The American Revolution. I enjoy a variety of  outdoor sports including climbing, skiing, mountain biking, horseback riding and scuba. Living in Colorado allows me to pursue these activities, while scuba gives me a good excuse to travel. Since the state is rather land locked.   

Writing and photography have been my tools of painting with words and silently with a camera, a  world so vivid with beauty and steeped in history, yet so full of conflict  I take to my keyboard, as I rise high up in the Rocky Mountains on horseback to see and be places that inspire me. Writing does just that. It inspires me.

I tend towards political thinking, as I was a intern for a Congressman when that was a respectable thing to be. (Thank you note to Miss Lewinsky)  I learned much while living in D.C. and have a realistic viewpoint, which never escapes my writing, nor my humor as it applies each to the same. It has been said that some of the women in my family have a tongue that could clip a hedge. I proudly carry on that tradition holding my head high.

Blogging is a fine tool to use to keep the flow of ideas going. Listening is by fair a favorite skill which allows others the room they need to express themselves and for me to write down not my impressions, but what they actually said. I follow the writing of Marcus Aurelius, and in particular one quote of his philosophy, "If it is not right, do not do it, If it is not true, do not say it."

Seriousness aside, I snap pictures like the paparazzi! My nickname is Hummingbird and I love to cuddle in front of a mountain fire and read and write. I adore my children, no actually, worship the air they breathe and the ground they walk on. I am counting that they never read this and learn how much power over my heart they actually have. But my poetry and children's stories always speak in volumes of my love for them, and I believe they are good at deciphering it. My Father wrote poetry and music when he was alive. He is a great inspriation as well.

My work as a genealogist has helped me connect with the past and that past to connect to me. I know who I am. Who my people are, and were, and the parts they played in Scottish, Irish, English, French and American History. A dear friend of mine who is Cherokee once told me that, "it is our responsibility to learn our past and then learn to forgive ourselves for it."  Thank you Fiera Tenkiller.  Osiyo Oginali.

In closing I hope to continue my growth as a writer and photograher, artist, but most importantly, a human being on this one planet, our home.         

I was born in Belfast, but now live in Cheshire, England.

 For many years, I have had a desire to write something, but never really had the time to devote to this interest..

Then in September 2009, I began to compose some poetry. Ever since, I have been amazed by the enjoyment, which I have derived from this long held ambition.

I hope to continue to find inspiration and the perfect words!

My  Blog:  Words and Thoughts: www.eileentoneill.blogspot.com

Senior Editor for Gender Across Borders, Editorial Intern for Irish Pages, PhD student working on James Joyce, poet, and photographer.

www.elizabethkateswitaj.net

Once a war correspondent and photojournalist in the US Army, Mike Marcellino wrote poetry & songs in a bunker during mortar and rocket attacks in the Vietnam War. Two years ago he dusted off his stuff and started writing more poems and songs about people; places like West Texas, Bondi Beach, Australia, the Mexican border, New York City, Taiwan; experiences & events. After performing solo and with Split Peace in such places as Cleveland, New York City, Tulsa and New Orleans, Mike hooked up with old friends, musicians Texino and David Dowling making music as "Mike Marcellino with Ensor" in St. Augustine, Florida. Ensor's first song, "Amelia Earhart, soft silver wings" propelled the band to No. 93 on ReverbNation's Top Folk Artists in New York City.

Deirdre Kearney is from Omagh, but she has lived in Galway since 1983.  Her first collection of poetry, Spiddal Pier is Published by Lapwing, Belfast this year , 2009.  It is being launched in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, Middle Street, Galway on august 6th at 6.30 pm.  All are welcome!

Deirdre's grandfather was the poet and song-maker Felix Kearney who is renowned for "The Hills above Drumquin", "The Massrock in the Glen", "Dancing in Glenroan" and many more.

Her father was the late Arthur Kearney, well known in traditional music circles for his compositions and his musical and poetic skills.

Deirde can be contacted at [email protected]  or www.deirdrekearney.webs.com

The right to a decent burial for stillbirths throughout the world.

An Irish national register of Cillini and a national marker for these sites.