Soft centre of Irish writing / Francis Stuart -- Hemisphere / Juanita Casey -- Well / Juanita Casey -- Joy beyond all telling / Michael Foley -- Stranger / Michael Foley -- Island and the calves. Jude and his mother / Dermot Healy -- Mothers of children. A poet and an Englishman / Desmond Hogan -- A bus, a bridge, a beach / Neil Jordan -- Old-fashioned lift / Neil Jordan -- Death of a chieftain / John Montague -- Humours of Ballyturdeen. O'Fuzz / John Morrow -- Blessed wagtail. Per ominy ah / Eoghan O Tuairisc -- Shaking trees / Lucile Redmond -- Transients / Lucile Redmond -- Stormy petrel / Francis Stuart.
