Words and Pictures – Blog
The Bridge
The Bridge... In summer, daisies poke out of cracks in the walls.It was made in the late 1600s to help the horses across the road on their way to Dublin from the mines in Glenmalure and Glendalough. The Avonmore River dashes through it in the winter and flows like...
Equinox
On the last day of the year where the day and night are the same length, the sun is somehow warmer and breathes heavier. The plants on Monday set out big flowers for the day and the mushrooms in the woods exposed trusses that you didn't have to walk a mile to notice,...
Jack Frost Came.
Hidden away in a farm house in the middle of no where. Where no thing happens but frost on moss and sun rises and sun sets and little girl games and twinkling rushes. Isn't it lucky and grand to be here and hiding. When the vibe beyond the hilly, cold wilderness is...
Cloudburst
Archive Blog Post from 2009 When moving to Dublin from Fermanagh for the first time, I spent all my time riding on the top seat of Dublin buses, finding my way through the city, familiarising myself with this strange but glorious place, that before this only existed...
The Purple Blackbird
I've never seen a purple bird before. What's Purple? The colour you are , you're feathers, they are purple. you are purple. I am a bird. Not a purple. You are both. So what are you? I am a bird. What is that colour on your...
https://soundcloud.com/helenmcnulty/i-sleep-a-lot-by-czeslaw-milosz I Sleep A Lot by Czeslaw Milosz and 'Golden Gate Bridge from the other side' by Helen McNulty 2008 Czeslaw Milosz's poetry was a great part of my life in the early 2010s when Polish Theatre Ireland...
A Halloween Tale – Taxus Baccatus
https://soundcloud.com/helenmcnulty/taxus-baccatus-a-halloween-tale-by-helen-mcnulty Taxus Baccatus - A Halloween Tale for Children by Helen McNulty Taxus Baccatus is an old Yew tree who looks after the ghosts in the graveyard. This is a story of Halloween night and...
‘Loud’
Loud Oil On Canvas 2010 by Helen McNulty 150 x 200 cm
‘Clouds’ Poem by Wislawa Szymborska
https://soundcloud.com/helenmcnulty/clouds-poem-by-wislawa-szymborska Painting: Old Wars (2011) by Helen McNulty - Oil, Ink and Charcoal on Canvas, 100 x 100 cm Wislawa Szymborska is one of my all-time favourite poets. My friend Ania gifted me her book 'Miracle Fair'...
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