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Brendan McDonnell
Brendan was born in Armagh in 1958 and lives in Belfast. He only began to write creatively after attending a writer's workshop at the Crescent Arts Centre in March 2003. The group that emerged has continued to meet, providing a source of mutual inspiration and support. Brendan's writing is inspired by life experiences, with a special interest in his love of Gaelic sports. He has had one short story published on a GAA website.
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The Burren in the Rain
by Brendan McDonnell
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Stepping, stumbling across the fractured surface,
its myriad shades of glistening greyness
gnarled, burnished, pocked and rugged.
Penetrated by ancient season's flow,
forbidden flowers issue through its fissures.
Bracing the ocean, a huge black glove
compresses over the Arrans,
sucking the horizon into its vortex.
Hung from the sky in inky velvet folds,
a whipping rain spatters over the swell.
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