Troubles poet looks inside for
new book
 A POLITICAL poet
has released a new collection reflecting on his memories of The Troubles
through to the promise of today.
Born in 1950 in Armagh Malachy Trainor grew up as a product of the political
situation surrounding him.
In the Kesh during the 1981 Hunger Strike he took to writing as a means
of expression — his poetry reflecting a picture of the North as
it was, as it is and as it could have been.
The ex-prisoner said: “I write to record changing situations within
Ireland. I wrote a play about The Troubles in 2002 but this poetry goes
a step further into a deeper personal experience.
“If you’ve witnessed a hunger strike it never leaves you and
you feel compelled to let people know how it was.”
His unforgettable experiences leave a mark of nostalgia on his poems.
His work can be praised for its open honesty and it’s transferability
onto experiences far from The Troubles.
Evening Charm is one such poem where layered meaning leaves it open to
interpretation.
Malachy said: “Evening Charm is one of the most beautiful poems
of the collection. It could be about young unrequited love — the
missed chance, the struggle for a unified Ireland or even a reflection
on what it would mean to be free from jail.”
Malachy’s poetry has been marked by critics as a sub-culture of
its own.
Readers throughout Britain and Ireland have identified with its journey
through the rough and the smooth.
His work is due to be published on-line in the new year.
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