Clairr O'Connor

Clairr O'Connor

Clairr O'Connor

Poet, playwright, fiction writer. She was born in Croom, Co Limerick, educated at St Mary’s, Limerick and National University of Ireland Cork and Maynooth.
Widely represented in anthologies such as: Ireland’s Women: Writings Past and Present (Eds. Katie Donovan, Norman Jeffares, Brendan Kennelly, 1994), Irish Poetry: Other Voices (Ed. Gabriel FitzMaurice, 1993), The White Page/An Bhilleog Bhan (Ed. Joan McBreen, 1999).

Audit, poem published by Clairr O'Connor

March days we plan
with lists, yet life
keeps happening.
Mornings, I hide from light
as you leave, your bag fat


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Naked & Lymphoedema, poems published by Clairr O'Connor

You think I’m dancing naked
to Joni Mitchell in front of the cracked
mirror we meant to fix a decade ago
remembering the time we pursued each other
in that borrowed cottage in Youghal—
stripping as we went from room to room
as Joni was spinning on vinyl.


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