Author Archives: Niall McDevitt

About Niall McDevitt

Niall McDevitt > poet > author of b/w (Waterloo Press, 2010) and Porterloo (International Times, 2012) > urban explorer > radical pedestrian who leads Shakespeare/Blake/Rimbaud /Yeats walks, among others.

‘EXPULSIONS’

Posted on March 4, 2020

In a history poem I wrote for Flat Time House’s exhibition THE BARD, I used the loaded word ‘expulsions’. The subject of the poem is the psychopathic Plantagenet king Edward I, notorious for conquering Wales and hammering Scotland. No friend … Continue reading →

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‘A Season in Hell’ – Shakespeare

Posted on February 25, 2020

I noticed a little gem when re-reading Richard III. Richard’s hapless brother George, Duke of Clarence, is recounting his nightmare in the tower in a speech from Act 1 Sc 4. It is a mesmeric description of a classical hell: … Continue reading →

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BLACKWELL’S POETRY NO 1

Posted on February 10, 2020

I’m honoured to be featured in Blackwell’s Poetry No 1 alongside poets whose work I much admire and under such a distinguished imprint. Editor A.R. Thompson elucidates: “Last year, I was very lucky to have been asked by Blackwell’s to … Continue reading →

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A History Sonnet by William Shakespeare

Posted on February 5, 2020

Re-reading Henry V I found myself enjoying the form of the final chorus in Act V. Whereas the previous choruses at the beginning of each act are written in blank verse, the final chorus is an epilogue in rhyme and … Continue reading →

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A ‘HYMN’ TO MARLOWE

Posted on February 3, 2020

  After writing a sequence of fourteen prose poems about Christopher Marlowe called ESPIALS, and a masque THE BODY OF THE QUEEN, I thought that that would be the subject exhausted. But a final musical coda came through. I regard … Continue reading →

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THE BARD

Posted on January 27, 2020

Opens this Wednesday 6–8.30pm THE BARD WILLIAM BLAKE AT FLAT TIME HOUSE   Opening Wedesday 29 January 6–8.30pm with a reading from William Blake’s Jersualem by poet Chris McCabe   Exhibition continues 30 January–8 March Open Thursday–Sunday 12–6pm   With contributions … Continue reading →

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The Fourfold Battersea Power Station

Posted on December 16, 2019

1 Sometimes I find myself in disagreement with Kathleen Raine, but hey! it’s okay for Blakeans to disagree. It’s not like when Marxists disagree. This time I suspect I won’t be the only one who disagrees with the great lady … Continue reading →

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