Author Archives: Charles Hess (greymalkn)

I see a lot of others have been doin’ poems as their responses lately; that’s pretty cool and I wish I had started this earlier so that I would’ve been able to write one up for my Dublin impressions. But, … Continue reading →

I was wandering around Thomas Street yesterday with Robert during the lunch hour. We stepped into the pet shop and (to some disappointment) there were only caged canaries, boring fish, and some really cuddly bunnies. After we got out all … Continue reading →

My back was warmed as I clambered up From the balmy banks of the hearthfire, And as I leapt upon the sill to see Through the glass of my quiet home, An outer gasp blew through the trees And shook … Continue reading →

As I looked up at the saints that guard the entrance to St. Patrick’s cathedral, I noticed the name of St. Paulus (or Saul of Tarsus), engraved upon this armed man here. I suppose that, in terms of difference and … Continue reading →

My Irish Literature professor, Kevin Murphy, once told us all a myth. The premise has stuck with me, but I had to read up on it to recall the smaller details. According to the legend, a flying ship once appeared … Continue reading →

I don’t really know what anyone else thought, but the film at the Navan Fort museum depicted the epic hero, Cuchulainn, very poorly. Now, I get it, it was a film made for an exhibition, but the lightning-hair was the … Continue reading →