Niall Foley

Hi.

I have indeed, yeah.

I have indeed, yeah.

Would you like me to begin with one?

That would be wonderful.

Yeah, this is going to be a short snappy way to begin.

It's one of a series of poems about moments in an airport.

And this one's called The Airport, part one.

Why again am I sweating in an airport?

Shaking shit from my rough arse, bloated guts, sore head and lost soul.

Swearing I will never drink again.

Well, listen, the thing is, it can only improve from here on in.

That was Between the Leaves, and that was last summer, I think.

well that actually it wasn't the point but it was a lovely serendipitous thing it was between the leaves and that it was between autumn and summer that's the thing with the themes as well like between the leaves I mean leaves as in as you said autumn, fall, summer and all that but leave as in leaving as in departures as in you know shifted identities and immigration so it's all the themes of the magazine are all kind of somebody's contributing it's quite playful speaking of someone who's a contributor to the magazine

not involved in the production at all.

I remember coming across far places from the first edition.

Although, while it wasn't, you know, it's entirely organic and these guys give up their time and it's very homegrown, it had a very kind of polished sort of brand.

to it in terms of the way it looked, the tone and everything.

And as somebody who contributes to a wide variety of things, it's just if you're in somewhere where you respect the quality of people's work and it's something that looks nice, then you get a greater buzz out of that than perhaps you would.

getting something accepted elsewhere.