Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.
Presented by Poetry Ireland, the theme for this year is "Good Sports" celebrating the good sport in all of us, the drive to give it a go or to have a crack at it.
Read Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha's poem Aiteall below.
Aiteall
An Droichead Beo, Ollscoil Luimnigh, 24ú Iúil 2022
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Ar theacht don aiteall,
is mé agsiúlar an Droichead Beo,
lonraíonn an ghrianar achan rud fliuch,
déantar gloine den chruinne,
tagann moill ar imeacht na haimsire go tobann:
itheann ealaduileasc abhann;
bogann snáthaidí móra go réidh fríd an aer íonghlan;
síneann trí bhroigheall a sciatháin amach sa teas;
teitheann splanc ghorm an chruidín faoin droichead.
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Gan fuaim na fearthainne, géaraíonn mo chluas:
lúbann siansa ceoil chugam ón Cheoláras.
Cloisim méadranóm an cheoil:
fear óg ag bualadh sliotair in éadan anbhallataobh le Scoil an Leighis.
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Éiríonn an solas tiubh arís.
Brostaíonn daoine
thar an droichead,
agus titeann ribíní airgead an uisce.
Buaileann braonta an tsolais
ar dhuilleogana gcrann
a fhásanntaobh leis an droichead.
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Cloisim díoscán an adhmaid
agus na crainn ag sú na bailce isteach:
fásann siad méadar sa bhomaite mhall seo, díreach,
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Cloisim na braonta ag titim ar na duilleoga:
bualadh bos fonnmhar sa Cheoláras thall,
agus pléascann siad ar mo scáth fearthainne:
na mílte sliotairíní criostail in éadan balla
Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha
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(From Solas Geimhridh agus Dánta Eile, Barzaz, 2023
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