Poet of Honour: Steven O’Brien

Pearl Fishers

by Steven O’Brien

Such ember-gold in your eyes,
As no other girl
And deep church-glass green,
Purple, soft as smoke.

Some daybreak soon
When our blackbird is a high minstrel
Above the rippling trees
Slip your hand in mine,
No other girl but you

And laugh with flashes of river jade
In your gaze.
Then vanish with no one but me-

Like two pearl fishers
Under the pale falling whisper
Of the blue dawning moon.

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“Blue moon” by Andreietta is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Steven O’Brien is an Irish writer with specialisms in mythography, poetry and prose. He is Editor of The London Magazine and course leader for the MA in Creative Writing at the University of Portsmouth. He sings in the traditional Sean Nós style.

Secretary General of The G20 Foundation
Editor of The London Magazine
Most Recent Publication – https://britannicmyths.com/
Trustee of the Patrons of Vatican Art Treasures
Chief Political Advisor to the Centre for Issues and Crisis Management
Peace Ambassador for Iraq
Advisor to the Vatican’s Institute of Human Dignity
Member of Russian International Affairs Council
Soppy Ha’porth

Journalism – Regular Contributor to Huffington Post, Gramarye, Arab Weekly, Middle East Online
Older Publications: The Great Game: An Imperial Adventure (Endeavour Press) Fiction
Scrying Stone (Greenwich Press) Poetry
Dark Hill Dreams (Agenda Press) Poetry

Published by Yogesh Patel

'While Ars Notoria has a declared political position, as one of the editors here I am not limited to it, but hold wider views. Poetry is democratic. Though my work is known for promoting diaspora poets, through this platform, I want to epitomise everything poetry, creating a space that is not black and white!' * Yogesh Patel received an MBE for literature in the Queen’s New Year Honours list 2020. Honoured also with the Freedom of the City of London, he edits eSkylark, runs Skylark Publications UK and a non-profit Word Masala project to promote SA diaspora literature. In 2020, Edxecel adopted his recent eAntholgy of Diaspora poets for the National Curriculum. Yogesh founded the literary charity, Gujarati Literary Academy. With LP records, films, radio, children’s book, fiction and non-fiction books, and three poetry collections to his credit, in 2017, he was presented to The Queen at Buckingham Palace. A recipient of many awards, including an honour in April 2019 at the New York University as a Poet-of-Honor, he has read in the House of Lords and at the National Poetry Library as well as at many prestigious venues around the world. His last collection of poems, Swimming with Whales, was published in 2017. His writing has appeared in PN Review, The London Magazine, Shearsman, Asia Literary Review, Under the Radar, IOTA, Envoi, Understanding, Orbis, on BBC TV and Radio, and more. He is also anthologised in MacMillan, Redbeck and other anthologies. By profession, Yogesh is a qualified optometrist and an accountant. Author’s Websites: www.patelyogesh.co.uk and www.skylarkpublications.co.uk

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