{"id":4909,"date":"2015-11-02T13:31:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T13:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/?page_id=4909"},"modified":"2015-11-09T00:04:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T00:04:44","slug":"interview-with-gearoid-mac-lochlainn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/o-bheal-guest-poet-interviews\/interview-with-gearoid-mac-lochlainn\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear\u00f3id Mac Lochlainn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interviewed by Jennifer Matthews<\/em><\/p>\n

JM<\/strong>: Do you always write poems and songs on paper, or do you think about pieces before you write them down?<\/p>\n

GmL<\/strong>: I think about them while walking about because I walk a lot and find that ideas pop into my head. Then I might write down a note or two and see how it grows. Or I might just record random lines as they arrive and shape them later on white sheets of paper. Peripatetic school of poetry.<\/p>\n

JM<\/strong>: Does the language you write in affect the choice of topic or tone of the poem? (Would your Irish pieces vary greatly from your English pieces?) <\/p>\n

GmL<\/strong>: Yeah the Irish pieces have a different tone – I write a lot about this in the notes to Stream of Tongues (published by Cl\u00f3 Iar-Chonnachta) which you can order on line from the publisher.<\/p>\n

JM<\/strong>: Do you revise work alone? Do you consult with friends or other poets\/songwriters?<\/p>\n

GmL<\/strong>: Alone.<\/p>\n

JM<\/strong>: Can you tell me a little bit about your revision process, perhaps describing a recent effort? Do you have a structured approach or do you treat each piece individually?<\/p>\n

GmL<\/strong>: I tend to overwrite pieces and exhaust all avenues and ideas of sound and rhythm. Then I try to ruthlessly cut them down into pieces that I can perform or that make sense on the page. I continue to edit for performance of the pieces as I find the poems are never finished and may take on different forms and versions or turn into songs or whatever. It is a very fluid process and nothing ever stays the same or is written in stone.<\/p>\n

Many warm thanks to Gearoid Mac Lochlainn for his participation in this interview. His book and CD set, ‘Stream of Tongues’, is available from Cl\u00f3 Iar-Chonnachta and can be purchased at their website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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