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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... no. 22 April - June 2017 of Rochford Street Review est. 2011 Rochford Street Review
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Bread Line Massacrei"Black and white clarity, though white looks grey.", Robyn Rowland , single work poetry
Golden Flighti"October in Connemara after Atlantic gales", Robyn Rowland , single work poetry

Epigraph: to Bob Adamson, from the west of Ireland


……….Still, these days …
……….I hold tight to what keeps me
……….alive – a spur-winged
……….plover in its broken-wing dance,
……….distracting the hawk from her chicks …
………………– Robert Adamson, ‘The Golden Bird’
Invisible Fields from the Sequence ‘Four Poems on Love’i"One small, one larger below the house,", Robyn Rowland , extract sequence poetry

 Author's note: after Iarla Ó Liónard
Resistance, Alwaysi"They won’t do it, Mothers for Peace,", Robyn Rowland , single work poetry
On the Beachi"There is a bride in glorious white froth, laughing,", Robyn Rowland , single work poetry
Island Harvesti"Eating periwinkles requires the harvest,", Robyn Rowland , single work poetry
I Suffer Noti"I suffer not the work of fern creeper forest to reach the coast with", Lizz Murphy , single work poetry
Prayer : Quick and Dirtyi"Listen quick and dirty eight orange stars a vest like a", Lizz Murphy , single work poetry
The World Dividedi"dispossessed", Lizz Murphy , single work poetry
And as for Todayi"The pattern on a man's head charcoal where", Lizz Murphy , single work poetry
Conundrumsi"I am waiting in the waiting room with Mary Oliver", Lizz Murphy , single work poetry
The Crook of My Armi"In the crook of my arm is the put out of your eyes", Lizz Murphy , single work poetry
Drink Feckin Responsibly!i"They get straight to the point", Lizz Murphy , single work poetry

Dedication: for Aroona and Mags
Leaving Roscommon – Strokestown Park (Gorta Mór)i"We drive out of the grounds of Strokestown Park,", Mark Roberts , single work poetry
The Conscription Vote – 1916/17i"History lies here, buried deep. Two bodies", Mark Roberts , single work poetry
Cities That Are Not Dublini"I have a plan for reading Ulysses – actually more than reading it, finishing it. Today i", Mark Roberts , single work poetry
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