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Som tidigare samlingar jag haft nöjet att läsa av Kiernan, är det en rytm och ett flyt i dikterna som är medryckande och målande.
"Bara för att bevisa att det finns annat att göra/Just to prove that there are other things at work" är en kort men uppslukande samling...
Nov 7, 20241 min read
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Beer Book och Golden Hour - Colm Kiernan arbetar i en berättande dikt tradition där en scen etableras, nyanseras och sedan vrids till i slutet.
...Under 2023 kom Colm Kiernan, till vardags mastermind bakom kulturföreningen Kultivera i Tranås, ut med två böcker: Beer Book på CHAP/...
Jun 3, 20242 min read
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Kiernan writes with a greater awareness of rhyme and tone, making the poetry flow. I got to hear him read some of the poems...
Kiernan writes with a greater awareness of rhyme and tone, making the poetry flow. I got to hear him read some of the poems
Apr 3, 20241 min read
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There is no great drama, no desperation or tragedy, nothing exaggerated - Beer Book
There is no great drama, no desperation or tragedy, nothing exaggerated or underlined, it is the ordinary side of life and things. It...
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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His poems have an ironic and satirical edge, while at the same time being sensitive to the search...
Tranås poet Colm Kiernan makes his debut in English and Spanish. His poems have an ironic and satirical edge, while at the same time...
Nov 23, 20231 min read
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Colm Kiernan's poetry is tender and powerful, hard and beautiful - Golden Hour / Hora Dorada
With these powerful and naked verses that appear behind the veils of an ordinary morning, the poet defines himself and thus, not only...
Sep 29, 20232 min read
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To return to oneself in a state of wonder and uncertainty that characterizes the human condition
If you reach the last pages of this book, you have entered a particular realm that explores central themes of literature - love, life,...
Sep 29, 20232 min read
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The rhythm and rhyme, assonance and consonance, the language and energy - Golden Hour / Hora Dorada
The opening line of this volume is writing reams of poetry in her head, on a Sunday morning lying in his bed; which sounds very much like...
Sep 29, 20233 min read
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I will never think the same way about cows again - Golden Hour / Hora Dorada
I will never think the same way about cows again. Colm Kiernan's poetry combines rawness with the beauty of being alive with wit,...
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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