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Na Cailleacha
"Women who love to write poetry are the hagfish of the world. We eat
everything. We eat the language. We eat experience. We eat other
people's poems." – Ruth Stone

Scoite, mímhúinte, iontaisí Deilfeacha
deirfiúracha na natharacha ársa,
caithimid saolta scartha óna chéile.
Alpaimid coirp lofa, slogaimid nithe néalmhara
bainimid ruainní siollaí as marbháin mheilte.
I scáileanna mara, cuirimid aníos agus ithimid
siollaí sciobtha, consain ghoidte.
Ólaimid gealacha dubha.
Luímid lán, líonta, dúileach sa duifean
ag glacaireacht le guairneáin ghlae
ag rannaireacht as ramallae.

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