The title of my debut poetry collection, The Space Between, is taken from a line of my poem, Reaching Agreement. Your lips move but I’m hearing the way you taste the space between your words, phrasing so there’s something more than silence, an emphasis pregnant with promise. I chose this as a title because I think that a poem is more than the sum of its words. And a person is more than the words her or she is saying. The meaning is in the space between. I have been to a lot of readings in Dublin and around the country – there are lots of festivals and events if you keep your eyes and ears open. This poem was inspired by a reading in a warm room with a good-looking novelist. I found myself...
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