The Shop: Issue 14

Named after Yeats' 'foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart', THE SHOP, is a showcase for the literary talent of the South of Ireland featuring the works of eminent writers and those still making their way. But it also opens its pages to major poets from all over Ireland and, in the interests of cross-fertilisation, to distinguished foreign writers. The Spring issue starts with a poem by Biddy Jenkinson, with a translation by Ita O'Donovan. There is a section of poems on childhood and youth. Other contributions include Anthony Cronin, Gerald Dawe, Anne Haverty, Fred Johnston, Catherine Phil MacCarthy, John Montague, Leanne O'Sullivan and William Wall.

Table of Contents:
Editorial 6 Ita O'Donovan (trans) 8 Biddy Jenkinson 9 Billy Ramsell 10 Catriona Hastings 11 Eibhlin Nic Eochaidh 12 Bernie Kenny 12 Mary Branley 13 Charles Bennett 14 Atar Hadari 15 Caelainn Hogan 16 Fred Johnston 18 Angela Howarth Marks 19 Arianne Marcus 20 Leanne O'Sullivan 21 Ray Givans 22 Rody Gorman 23 Michael Laskey 24 Richard Kemp 25 Peggie Gallagher 26 Denise Blake 27 Owen Gallagher 28 Samuel Walsh 29 Brian O Flynn 30 Bruce J. James 32 Ray Givans 32 Dolores Stewart 33 Andrea Porter 34 Lindsay Hodges 36 Genrikh Sapgir 37 John Mee 38 Paula Jennings 39 Catherine Ormell 40 Enda Coyle-Greene 41 William Wall 42 Tim Cunningham 44 Anatoly Kudryavitsky 45 Jenny Morris 46 Sheila Phelan 47 Nicola Daly 48 Matt Kirkham 48 Gerard Smyth 49 Edward Denniston 50 Robert Nazarene 52 John Montague 53 Maureen Gallagher 54 Paul O Colmain 55 Genrikh Sapgir 56 Zhang Ye 57 Fawzia Kane 58 Deborah Tyler-Bennett 59 Kate Newman 60 Ivy Bannister 61 Rabindranath Tagore 63 Karen O'Connor 66 Shirley McClure 67 Ann Kelley 68 Helena Nelson 69 Michael Mackmin 70 Gary Allen 71 Rosanna Watt 72 Sarah Keane 72 Catherine Phil MacCarthy 73 Ger Reidy 74 Gerald Dawe 75 Anthony Cronin 76 Anne Haverty 77 Notes on Contributors 78

Review :
JOHN MONTAGUE, POET, CRITIC, FIRST IRELAND PROFESSOR OF POETRY: The SHOp looks like being the best poetry magazine in these islands. SEAMUS HEANEY, POET, CRITIC, NOBEL PRIZEWINNER: First class goods, beautifully presented. Congratulations from this confirmed SHOp-lifter. BRENDAN KENNELLY, POET, CRITIC, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT T.C.D.: I find delight in the magazine as a purely physical object; it is a joy to handle. And when I read it, I admire the variety and energy of the poems by poets both familiar and new. A sense of elegant experiment pervades the pages. THEO DORGAN, POET, CRITIC, BROADCASTER: We have become a nation of SHOp-keepers. DERMOT BOLGER, POET AND PUBLISHER: The SHOp is a wonderful affair and will become a collector's item... BERNARD O'DONOGHUE, POET AND CRITIC: Unquestionably the most beautiful poetry magazine now in existence. JOHN MOLE, POET AND CRITIC: The artwork is beautifully judged, and what appeals to me about so many of the poems is how unsentimentally humane they are. BELINDA McKEON in THE IRISH TIMES The magazine is a triumph of style and substance. MICHAEL DAVITT, POET, PRODUCER /DIRECTOR SHOpadoireacht feasta, a lucht eigse.