A Pinch of Snow in a Black Velvet Glove

by Mary Branley

Reposted with kind permission of the author and Fingal Poetry Festival Director Enda Coyle Green.

Mary Branley, Sligo born poet, author, and musician published two collections of poetry, and is included in numerous anthologies, including Windharp 2015. She recorded a CD Let a new Song Pour in 2019

Cover Photo: Ben Bulben by Aoife Ni Mhathuna

Themes

1923 , Civil War , Commemorative Poems , English Language , Family , Family History , Free State , IRA , Memory , Natural World , Rural , Sligo