Colin Dardis is a poet, editor and freelance arts facilitator from Northern Ireland. He was one of Eyewear Publishing's Best New British and Irish Poets 2016, with a collection from Eyewear, 'the x of y', forthcoming in early 2018.
Colin is also the founder of Poetry NI and editor for Lagan Online. His work has been published widely throughout Ireland, the UK and USA.
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► Colin's microchap & selected poem are available below.
Origami Microchap |
Selected Poem(s) |
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Traginares | ||
Cover design by poet The title, Traginares, takes its name from the Latin root for 'train'. -
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Train Scenes
Only the birds are out this morning. Dogs remain crouched at their front doors, fishermen choose the blanket over the reel.
The waves’ flurry washes away a scurry of sandpipers as a train cuts through the mist.
It’s a watercolour with grey wash even the goats can’t escape, the cows anchored to their fields, stoic as rock.
Workmen abroad at Bellarina, their hi-vis overalls two drops of sun against this Autumn sky.
Underneath it all, a row of crows, a tractor persisting, a farm shed collapsing. ● Colin Dardis © 2018
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