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| My cousin Caroline in Rossnowlagh Oct 28th by my Aunty Marie |
I love October, I love autumn air, its colour and autumn
clothes, back to school routine is established, I know the names and a fair bit
about the students sitting in front of me and they have got their heads around
their English teacher’s penchant for turning rainy day classes and days when
half the class is at a match into impromptu creative writing lessons. It’s a busy
month but I always feel I’m making progress in October after the go slow of
August and the disorientation of back to school.
This October I've had the added satisfaction of seeing my
name on the shortlist and then my Shelter
placed third in the Bailieborough Poetry Festival Competition as well as seeing
another poem and a flash fiction make it on to the longlists of the Allingham
Festival competitions.
