Leland Bardwell
website for the Irish writer
Leland Bardwell (1922-2016) published twelve books and had nine plays produced on stage or radio. Her published work comprises five poetry collections, five novels, a memoir, and a collection of short stories, published with Dedalus Press, Salmon Poetry, Liberties Press, Blackstaff Press, Attic Press and Brandon, among others. In translation she was published by Parthas Verlag, Diana Verlag and Ullstein Taschenbuch, among others.
NEWS
Recently her poetry has been included in the following anthologies: I Am the Wind (Little Island Books, ed. Sarah Webb and Lucinda Jacob), Anthology of Irish Poetry (Bilingual English and Georgian, Cézanne Publishing) and Ma Verte Erin, visages de la poésie irlandaise d'Oscar Wilde à nos jours (Editions Manifeste, Paris, translated into French by Jeanne Marie and Francis Combes).
Her centenary year, 2022, was marked by the publication of three new books, from Doire Press, Lepus Print, and Salmon Poetry, including previously unpublished prose and poetry. In November 2022 a literary and arts festival was organised in her honour in Sligo. More details here
NOTE
for Jacqueline Bardwell
The trouble is I miss the short sea
in an alcove of rock or the wider
more impelling stretch of the Atlantic
I seem to be paralysed between two Drumlins
and the trees against the pewter clouds
unnerve me as though to say “I know your number”.
Still at the moment, all is well
and when the time is right
I shall go – there are other places
somewhere with a Russian wind talking down the chimney
and the Black Sea breaking wilfully
beyond the reaches of Chekhov’s garden.
Leland in Magherow, Co Sligo