Image of a waterford printed in black on a white brick background. Four Elements on the Mountain by Joshua Dyson Furze seedpods popping in the heat, stream falls pell-mell, sweet peaty smell, in fresh air the mind’s a clean sheet.
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The Marriage Of Strongbow And Aoife by Hilary Healy
The harp in Tara, once so sweet,
lay broken, dumb,
yet bards have come,
new music stalks old city streets.
[Note: this is an ekphrastic waterford about the Daniel Maclise painting.
Daniel Maclise (1806-1870), The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, c.1854. National Gallery of Ireland]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2uv5xlqiwbsvrl6hmnwjt4o/bafkreih7mch6aschjzoiwkqnzyqd3nimqmmkzmfmqgab6ieuo6rtd3olla)
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Waterford by Paul Bullman
A haven from the windswept sea.
A Viking art.
A Deise heart.
Waterford, always home to me.
[Note: this is a geographic waterford about County Waterford, Ireland]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2uv5xlqiwbsvrl6hmnwjt4o/bafkreihmghgutetsnzlzi4xm2rremwobk2zbxbgu4xzfsieoenzjqf5ajq)
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Ireland by Joe Kelly
Through a mist it is always seen
hills and rivers
aches and shivers
fairy tale wonder land of green.
[Note: this is a geographic waterford about Ireland]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2uv5xlqiwbsvrl6hmnwjt4o/bafkreid66jh3zgy2ikogn3epredvdcaefsmjtpjsupvfmaffog7j6tx5oy)
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The Bell Epoch – by Alan Murphy
The local press she'll put you in
Jo Bell's her name
Writing's her game
The Lois Lane of Cappoquin.
[Note: this is a biographic waterford about Waterford-based journalist and writer Annie Jo Bell]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2uv5xlqiwbsvrl6hmnwjt4o/bafkreia6ykb7knwx47wn2mjo7eototjv3mc5d6zqm7zdtexf3ntb4fuotm)
