Three Tanka, in Irish and English, on Margaret McCarthy Photography, by Gabriel Rosenstock9/17/2020 Tanka 1 - Dolmen Axeitos, Galicia, Spain a shearc óm' chroí réamhstairiúil ó shaol seo na gcloch mo bheannacht ort beir barróg orm led' ghilese beloved from my prehistoric heart from my petrified existence greetings to You embrace me with Your light Tanka 2 - Gallarus Oratory, Dingle Peninsula, Ireland tá sé ag cur báistí le míle bliain nó níos mó, a chumann fearthainn ón bhfarraige ina siollaí caoine it has been raining for a thousand years or more, beloved rain coming in from the sea in gentle syllables Tanka 3 - Mên-an-Tol (Stone of the Hole) Cornwall, England
a shearc ní thuigtear níos mó an bhrí atá leis an Mên-an-Tol neosfaidh mé anois duit é bíodh sé ina rún daingean long gone, beloved days when men knew what it was: the Mên-an-Tol I shall tell You now the secret must be ours Gabriel Rosenstock The English versions of these poems first appeared in Modern Literature. Gabriel Rosenstock was born in postcolonial Ireland. He is a poet, translator, haikuist, tankaist, playwright, essayist and novelist. Inspired and indebted to mythology, Margaret McCarthy brings the eye of a poet to her photography, exploring archetypes of myth and dream in her imagery. Recent honours include Honorable Mention in 2020’s 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, and a Merit Award in the 2020 All About Photo Awards. She was named among the “Best of the Best Emerging Fine Art Photographers” by BW Gallerist Magazine; Artzealous chose her as one of “Four Photographers to Keep Your Eye On in 2016.” McCarthy’s extensive list of exhibitions include: the Fogg Art Museum, The Griffin Museum of Photography, the Overseas Press Club and The Hudson River Museum, as well as numerous galleries, universities and public exhibition spaces. Her “Divine Feminine” series is now part of the Kinsey Institute Art Collection. A few of the fine art publications where her work has appeared include Musee, Lenscratch, Shadow and Light, and Parabola.
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