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"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

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Marian Kilcoyne is an Irish writer based on the west coast of Ireland. Her Poetry has been published widely in the US and Europe. She has read on National Irish radio from her just published collection, The Heart Uncut, published October 2020 by Wordsonthestreet, Galway. She was short listed for the 2017 Dermot Healy International prize for poetry. She was placed on the long list for the 2019 Fish Poetry Prize. She was shortlisted for the Dalkey Creates Writers Prize 2020. her website is at www.mariankilcoyne.com.


Marian Kilcoyne


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Brother Time

The shadow on your back moves a little, so you visit the
graveyard to see if he is restive under the white marble he shares
with two generations. December first to December second
was his story. The twenty-four hour
life, as though life can be lived in a day fully
formed. One year later, last minute of another December
you got your turn, born with strong enough
shoulders to carry his one-day breath into the future.