My poem, ‘Right of Reply’ – an invitation to the journalists and Catholic think-tank at the centre of the Irish homophobia debacle and RTE libel case – is published today on Poetry 24.
Right of Reply
Come on your belly, if your legs can’t carry
the weight of your moral certitude;
set us an example in tolerance,
the noble art of rising above;
instruct us how to love one another,
as you have loved, as He has loved you;
teach us the lessons of physical restraint,
show us the stones in your pocket, unthrown;
Peacemakers, merciful, meek and pure
show us the rewards of righteousness are yours.
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Photo: Costume Boutique, Castle Market St, Dublin 2 – one of a number of Dublin businesses showing their support for Team Panti.
a dreaming skin 