Bull Island Haiku
Pat Boran is an Irish poet, writer and broadcaster. Born in Portlaoise, he now lives on the northside of Dublin, not far from Bull Island, which he has visited thousands of times, in all weathers, at all times of the year, at all times of day.
He has written and published a long sequence of haiku, all inspired by his walks, and now transformed into a radio programme that transports the listener to the island to experience 40 minutes of rich and evocative listening, and beautiful words, sounds and images.
The opening haiku:
First, a mystery,
the absence of things. And then?
Then the land, the sea …
Bull Island Haiku is written and presented by Pat Boran and features poetry from his collection Waveforms: Bull Island Haiku.
The programme is produced by Claire Cunningham and is a Rockfinch Production for RTÉ lyric fm funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland from the Television Licence Fee. Sound supervision by Tinpot Productions.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 4th October, 6pm-7pm