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Six poems from
Sweeney: an Intertonguing
Rody Gorman
Rody Gorman (b. 1960) hails
originally from Dublin, Ireland and
has taken up residence on the Isle
of Skye, in Scotland. He writes
mainly in Scottish Gaelic and Irish
Gaelic.
Rody translates his own work into English via a method he
dubs "polysomatic", concatenating portmanteau words that
evoke the rich multiple meanings of the original Gaelic
words.