Crann na beatha Stories and Poetry Newsletter
Crann na beatha Stories and Poetry · Terrance Ó Domhnaill
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Cead Mile Failté
Welcome to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry
I am back again this week with more stories and poetry in these last days before Samhain. I posted the podcast episode on Friday last as per schedule but this newsetter is a day late but not a dollar short. I worked late into the evening on Friday to add in sound effects to some of the stories and poems so I am just now getting to this newsletter next day. Forgive me.
That’s the fun part of doing this. I get to learn new things nearly every week. I am learning more and more about why educated sound editors make the big bucks. It is a lot of hard work and tedious at times as well.
In this weeks episode, I tried to edit in certain sounds to match certain parts of the stories. Some I think I managed pretty well, some others… well, I will let all of you be the judge.
Now, let me get my advertising out of the way so I can bring you the podcast link and links to this weeks stories and poetry.
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A little about me, I am of Irish descent and a self-professed Seanchaí, an Irish storyteller. I want you to imagine we are sitting together under the village oak tree, Crann na beatha, which is Gaelic for The Tree of Life. While gathered here, I will read to you fictional stories and poetry from writers I have found from around the world in Medium.com, with their permissions.
You may notice that I have made a name change this weekend. I was schooled by a Medium writer yesterday who lives in Ireland, about the Gaelic spelling of my translation of The Tree of Life. She sent me a link to a Gaeilge translation website that uses some very famous Irish language books to reference with.
Since I have OCD, I immediately went about correcting the spelling of every bit of my online content, including the domain name to my website. That will take a couple of days to activate so the original link should still work for a few more days.
So, as I transistion over to my new online domain name, along with my Substack profile and others, lets enjoy the show. I hope everyone enjoys the stories with sound effects. If not, let me know how I can improve. Click this link just below to listen to the show.
Crann na beatha Stories and Poetry
Here are the stories from the Medium writers I picked out this week.
Autumn is my favorite time of year…
By Sam W.
I feel your heartbeat in every pulsating breath of the Seekers, pulsing with life, old as time.
By H.R. Parker
Free Verse
Avoid protective mothers on the beach
By David Pahor
Gilda and the Soul Transfer Elixir
The 3rd and final installment to a TKL Mashup Trilogy
The Sentient Bridge: Elijah’s Odyssey
Legends described it not as a mere structure.
By Bruno T.
By TJ Charvat
A Poem About a Missing Person
By John Hansen
An eye for an eye.
By Aria Wraithe
A true story — mostly.
By 🌬️Mitch
I hope you enjoyed this weeks show. I try to offer everyone a variety of different fictional stories and poetry, and maybe something that touches the heart a little at times.
My parting song at the end of the podcast for this week is entitled The Magdalene Laundries, sung by Joni Mitchel in The Chieftains Tears of Stone album. Until next time. Sláinte
T. Ó Domhnaill — Gaelic Storyteller
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