Endless Flower

By Colin Dardis

300 haiku, senryū and other forms of micropoetry. Contains "The Art Of Conduction", a sequence of 100 senryū exploring the power of music and the orchestra.

Prasie for the writing of Colin Dardis:
"A quirky, singular voice which sets the writer apart from the standing army of Irish poets." - Poetry Ireland Review
"...a dredging up of emotions, feelings and darkness.... full of separation, or the protagonists pulling away from the world around them." - London Grip
"There is a very human need to be social and connect... [t]he analogies and ambiguities are thought-provoking and encourage readers to look again at familiar situations and blur the boundaries between animals and humans... timely and engaging." - The Blue Nib
"In poems that are inventive and beguiling, Dardis creates a starkly insightful version of the present, using fresh, direct language... [t]he voice in these poems is insightful, urgent but compassionate, making the collection an enjoyable but unsettling read." - Neon Books

Colin Dardis is a poet, editor and sound artist. His work has been published widely throughout Ireland, the UK and USA, and shortlisted for the Erbacce Prize, Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing, and Over The Edge New Writer of the Year Award, amongst others. Previous collections include The Dogs of Humanity (Fly on the Wall Press, 2019, shortlisted for Best Poetry Pamphlet, Saboteur Awards 2020), the x of y (Eyewear, 2018), Post-Truth Blues (Locofo Chaps, 2017) and Dōji: A Blunder (Lapwing, 2013).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Colin Dardis
• Release date: Aug 12, 2021

Colin Dardis

Colin Dardis is a poet, editor, arts facilitator and sound artist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His latest collection, The Dogs of Humanity, was released in Aug '19 from Fly on the Wall Poetry. aquietroom released two albums in Autumn '20 from his sound art project, DARDIS.Having had a speech impediment when younger, attending speech therapy classes throughout primary school, Colin's initial interest in language and words grew out of these formative experiences. His personal history of depression and mental illness is also an ongoing influence on his work, which has led to a number of charity readings and work in this field.​Colin co-runs Poetry NI, a multimedia platform for poetry, alongside his wife, Geraldine O'Kane. His work has been published widely throughout Ireland, the UK and the US. Known for his devotion to building up and supporting Northern Irish poets, Colin started publishing Speech Therapy Poetry Zine in 2005, and launched the Make Yourself Heard open mic nights in 2006 in the renown Cathedral Quarter of Belfast, at a time when the city had no live poetry scene to speak of outside of the universities, and very few platforms for poets to engage in and showcase their work. In October 2011, he co-founded the popular Purely Poetry monthly event in the Crescent Arts Centre, building it up to become a cornerstone in the NI literary scene through open mics and poetry slams. In July 2012, the first issue of FourXFour was released, an online quarterly poetry journal.In 2018, Colin was commissioned by ACNI and NICON to write a poem for the 70th anniversary of the NHS. In 2019, his poem Affinity - commissioned by CO3 and ACNI - was presented to Senator George Mitchell at an award event to honour his leadership role in peacebuilding within Northern Ireland. Previously, Colin has also been the editor for Lagan Online,and an ACES '15-16 recipient from Arts Council Northern Ireland. ​​

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Published in Northern Ireland

by Rancid Idols Productions

Copyright © Colin Dardis 2021

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Cover Image: Odilon Redon, detail from Nasturtiums (1905)

The author acknowledges the kind support of

the Arts Council of Northern Ireland through their Individuals Emergency Resilience Programme 2020.

Contents

p4. Endless Flower

p45. The Art of Conduction

p62. Acknowledgements

Endless Flower

walking down Memory Lane

you discover

forgetting is a