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I Will Arise and Go -- A Poem by Anne Casey
I will arise and go
(After William Butler Yeats)
My people are a migrant clan
Prospering not by hook or crook or craft
But by diligent labour and an easy charm
Flung from one small corner
Across every wind-tossed sea
Mountaintop to valley floor
To lay a thousand roadways
Or stand on…
Added by Anne Casey on August 8, 2019 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment
An Uneasy Halfway -- Where Am I Really From?
This year marks an uneasy halfway for me—I have been in Australia for as long as I lived in Ireland. So where does that leave me? The truth, I have come to realise, is somewhere in between. In Australia, I am regarded as Irish. My accent, parlance, even my ‘writing voice’ are often differentiated as such.…
Added by Anne Casey on August 8, 2019 at 10:30pm — No Comments
Confronting the Dark Side of the Irish ‘Down Under’
When I was asked to write a series of poems for an art exhibition in Australia earlier this year, I embarked on a dark voyage of discovery into the lives of Irish immigrant children 150 years ago.
Image: 'Image Above: Falling' by Jane Theau (2017)
There is a special brand of human misery so steeped…
ContinueAdded by Anne Casey on November 6, 2017 at 12:30am — 1 Comment
Flying Back, I Barely Recognise My Hometown
When at 18 or 20, or in my case 24, you fly away on the adventure of a lifetime, you aren't thinking of your future self. When I first winged my way to Australia, I had no inkling where it would lead. Or all the losses it would lead to. For me. For my future husband. For our future children. For our…
ContinueAdded by Anne Casey on August 28, 2017 at 5:00am — 5 Comments
'Would You Ever Think of Coming Home?'
I am surely not the first Irish emigrant to have heard these words from their heartbroken mother. Guilt at the impact of my decision to leave Ireland and grief at the loss of my beloved mother are central themes in my poetry collection…
ContinueAdded by Anne Casey on July 25, 2017 at 4:00am — 6 Comments
'Would you ever think of coming home?'
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/generation-emigration/my-mum-would-ask-would-you-ever-think-of-coming-home-1.2515552
Added by Anne Casey on September 4, 2016 at 7:14am — 1 Comment
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