‘When the Self Returns’ by Erin Halliday
to the self, as with the diving birds
to the crested dance –
she recognizes the pearl neck feathers,
the blinking eye smile,
the arrow-point crown,
the weed shine in the iris.
From issue #9: autumn/winter 2019
About the Author
Erin Halliday’s collection The Volary is published by Arlen House. She is an Ireland Chair of Poetry award winner and was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards Irish Poem of the Year 2018.
