The Blooding

The Blooding audio

The Blooding was written in 2016 and was published in my second poetry collection, Rage (Revival Press, 2017). ‘cipin‘ in the first line is a North Kerry usage and derives from the Irish ‘cipín‘ meaning ‘little stick’ or ‘twig’ – the c is hard (pronounced the same as /k/ in English).

This audio recording was made on 25 May 2020.