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Aonghas MacNeacail

so much light here –
sun’s rhythm in each wall,
flow of thoughts on the shelves,
radiant lamp of the books

Aonghas MacNeacail

Reproduced by kind permission of the author.

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Aonghas MacNeacailb.1942

Aonghas MacNeacail has been a leading voice in Gaelic poetry for decades, as poet, and as a regular literary commentator in print and on Gaelic radio. He is also a songwriter, screen writer and librettist.
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