{"id":129,"date":"2018-12-07T05:46:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T05:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/bridges\/?p=129"},"modified":"2018-12-07T05:46:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T05:46:28","slug":"sean-kiely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/bridges\/2018\/12\/07\/sean-kiely\/","title":{"rendered":"Se\u00e1n Kiely"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Illustration by Kasia Grzelak, as it appears in the anthology Bridges<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bull <\/strong><\/p>\n

after Michael Lyons\u2019sculpture in wax and steel, Mithras Suite IX (The Eighth Gate), The Hatton Gallery. <\/em><\/p>\n

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What God rose from earth<\/p>\n

to split this brute in two?<\/p>\n

To tear muscle from shoulder,<\/p>\n

horn from skull,<\/p>\n

ravage the tubes, rivets, sinews and girders<\/p>\n

wherein light is held?<\/p>\n

Not divine enough,<\/p>\n

the blood of oil heats our veins,<\/p>\n

and we are terrified.<\/p>\n

We probe the beast\u2019s ticking chest \u2013<\/p>\n

we blade its heart, and drink the wine that spills<\/p>\n

and reddens our boots.<\/p>\n

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Mithras, meanwhile,<\/p>\n

ascends on his winged bull,<\/p>\n

skyward.<\/p>\n

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He ascends into light.<\/p>\n

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On the day of our anthology launch, we present to you a powerful poem by Se\u00e1n Kiely,\u00a0<\/strong>who is currently\u00a0studying for his MA in\u00a0Writing Poetry. He has been published in Poetry Ireland Review, the Honest Ulsterman and The Echo and his work has been included in two anthologies: Wordweavers and Inside The Crocodile. Se\u00e1n has also read his poetry at the Kilkenny Arts Festival, the Newcastle Poetry Festival, Irish Culture Night, and various poetry events in Ireland, England, and Wales.\u00a0 He was born and lives in the countryside of County Wexford with his family.<\/em><\/p>\n

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