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Brian Gogarty
Brian Gogarty

Brian is a 'Bardist' from mid-Ulster who is married with three weans. He works as a Banker, a job that is driving him insane. He was brought up in the 'City' but has lived in the countryside since 1984. He was runner-up in the Spring artsextra short story competition with his story Dishpan Hands.

Red Sky At Night by Brian Gogarty (in haiku and cinquain)

Evening shadows fall,
like phantoms from the Red Sky,
in gentle silence.

Bright glows
the evening sun
and the sky bleeds through the clouds
leaking crimson shadows to earth -
softly.


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