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For James Kirkup,
who did so much
to encourage me
during those early
days in Japan.
Some of these poems have appeared in: Outposts
Second Aeon
Workshop New Poetry
Towards Survival
Worm 21
Landfall
St Andrew's Review
Crescent International
Poetry Nippon
An Asia Notebook
Poet (India)
The Poetry Showcase
Poet Seers
© Alan Ireland, 2007
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The Story of Adam
I Am Satan
Calvary
The Elder
The Petrel
Priapus of Pompeii
A Day at the Colosseum
Ecumenical Council
To Boethius in Ravenna
The Magpie
St Cuthbert
The Ecstasy of Mansur al-Hallaj
El Ultimo Suspiro del Moro
Suleiman II in the Kafes
The Drowned Harem
Brothel
Al-Masjid al-Haram
Tawāf
Sa'y
The Ballad of Yassir Arafat
Tale of Desert Storme
The Fall of Saddam Hussein
The First Battle of Fallujah, 2004
The Triumph of Democracy, 2004-05
The Citizen's Freedoms
Scorpion
Coup d'État
Shatila Relic
Refugee
A Bit About Blighters
Veda
To William Ricketts, Sculptor
New Zealand
To James Kirkup, Poet
Hokusai's Wave
Writing a Poem
Opals and Amethysts
Playing Pachinko
Spring in Tokyo
Murder in a Train Tunnel
Nikko Wooden Bowl
Japanese Crested Ibis
Poem for Our Third Wedding Anniversary
Farewell Poems of Yukio Mishima
Museum
Maud
Child's Painting
Summer 1914
Letter From Lord Balfour
Hitler's Plans for Linz
Auschwitz, 1993
Demographics
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Apocalypse Postponed
Zoltan Rides Again
Graffiti
Beach Picnic
Butlin's Beauty
Abortion
Proposition
Going
Schizophrenia 1
Schizophrenia 2
Schizophrenia 3
Reflection
Winter Scene
Depression
Haven
Definitions
Sex Lecture
Wash Day
Morning Report
Malapropism?
Lines for a Little Old Lady
Hyphen
Dash
Ellipsis
Exclamation Mark
Full Stop