Sand Poems and Associated Sand Works by Niamh Ni Chearbhaill

Chosen Poetry

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Each poem recorded with associated work if applicable

Poem 1: Intermission

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Entering the Studio

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Blank Canvas

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Youghal Drama Panorama - also... zero sign of the covid memorial of the day before to the right of the pipe

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Poem 2: Intermission Ends

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#randomactofkindness

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The same day I did the second poem, I came across this little girl, sitting on the prom. We hung out and I brought her home.

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Poem 3: Life

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Associated Participatory Artwork - Before...

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After a family had at it :) - some great shapes for use later...

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End of Day 3 of Sand Poetry

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Later painting idea: use shapes made within frame to make abstract painting. Use colours of the day.

Amazon Woman

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But now is not the time
No time, time-out, time up
Sink out of time, sink under it
And on the other side she stands
Injured, alone, limping from a battle
She lives in her bones,
In her muscles, in her head
And dead she creeps back
A foetus in a rocky womb
I go to her to hear her story,
Her secrets, her sins and sinners
She is a cold heap of lonely bones
- And life is mine again

Life

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Wonderful
Smooth
Surface
Conveyor
Belt of
Clean
White
Empty

But then
Dark
Splotches,
Mangled
Metal,
Rust
Staining

A sweep
Of arm
To clear
Away
The mess
But still
It comes
I sweep
And sweep
And sweep

And That's OK

Intermission Ends

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She looked at the sea

Forbidding, grey, dangerous

Longing to be tread upon

Plunged into

Soared over

Wild freedom in salty air
Like the smoke of
Tangled hair

Intermission

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She walks through
Her front door, for the last time
He rearranges the
Living room furniture

A bus pass smooth
In her hand, tightly gripped
The sun on the skin of a
Body unattached

Evening twilight seeps
In through window panes
Quiet, still, full of empty
A bitter sweetness in the air

Associated Sand Artwork

niamhnichearbhaill — 2020-11-06 18:02:33 UTC

Amazon Woman is a poem about a dream while dying in hospital, a dream where I claim my life back. This sand artwork above is an illustration of the 2m social distance that allows us to reclaim our lives back from covid19. Each circle is 4m across, the overlapping allows for a 2m distance between people standing in the centre of each circle and at the centre of the 4 circles shape. Tools used: paintbrush tied with 2m string to walking poll stuck in sand.

Poem 4: Amazon Woman

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Met a fellow artist today

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