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Notes on: Stairs and Memories

My fingers came across an echo of the past, a mark I did not notice making.

Apr 19, 2025 • David Donoghue

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The One Who Does Nothing

Apr 11, 2024 • David Donoghue

Nov 20, 2024 • David Donoghue

Apr 5, 2025 • David Donoghue

City Tops, Look Up.

Sep 26, 2024 • David Donoghue

A weekly dose of poetry, prose and music.

A quiet thought.

Apr 5, 2025 • David Donoghue

Let Me Tell You

A Lunchtime café vignette.

Mar 20, 2025 • David Donoghue

We are bound by a range, attuned to our place within it.

Mar 13, 2025 • David Donoghue

A note from somewhere between here and there.

Mar 7, 2025 • David Donoghue

Christmas Dinner

Jan 3, 2025 • David Donoghue

Season 3

Season 3 - Wrap Up

A look back and a few words on the third season of Notes and Noises

Aug 1, 2024 • David Donoghue

Season 3.12: Behold this life; a bloodline strung through skin and thumping heart.

Jul 25, 2024 • David Donoghue

Little Boys and Girls

Season 3.11: Without a notion of what we’ve done.

Jul 18, 2024 • David Donoghue

Season 3.10: Come in, Come in! You are welcome.

Jul 11, 2024 • David Donoghue

Season 2

Season 2, #12: Paris, France - May 16, 2009 at 4:32 AM

Jan 4, 2024 • David Donoghue

Season 2, #11: Falling asleep

Dec 28, 2023 • David Donoghue

Season 2, #10: And all who know, know not to ask...

Dec 21, 2023 • David Donoghue

Distant Conversations

Season 2, #9: You'll understand too late.

Dec 14, 2023 • David Donoghue

Season 1

Season 1.15: ...A feast of sweet and savory hues

Apr 2, 2021 • David Donoghue

A Break in the Sun

Season 1.14: A moment on the ledge of a window at home, watching the passers-by - both big and small.

Mar 31, 2021 • David Donoghue

7:02

Season 1.13: Getting out of the city.

Mar 17, 2021 • David Donoghue

Can You Describe It?

Season 1.12: Experiencing a migraine.

Mar 10, 2021 • David Donoghue

Notes On:

Notes on: Stairs and Memories

My fingers came across an echo of the past, a mark I did not notice making.

Apr 19, 2025 • David Donoghue

A note from somewhere between here and there.

Mar 7, 2025 • David Donoghue

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A Walk In Madrid

Listen now | A walk in Madrid, July 2014, Street recording and some words.

Sep 6, 2024 • David Donoghue

Notes On: The Table Next To Me...

A lot happens in and around cafes - some raw notes and other pieces from the archives.

Aug 8, 2024 • David Donoghue

Original work from an Irish creative.

Notes & Noises - poetry and music

Notes & Noises - poetry and music

A regular publication of poetry, prose and music.

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Nov 29, 2024 • David Donoghue

A poem for November.

Nov 20, 2024 • David Donoghue

A close retelling, Najat Smeha’s story (Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, November 2024)

Nov 7, 2024 • David Donoghue

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Oct 17, 2024 • David Donoghue

85-365, 29 Bars of Sunday

The first 85 days of 2009. Photos, poetry and music.

Oct 10, 2024 • David Donoghue

City Tops, Look Up.

A collage and a poem.

Sep 26, 2024 • David Donoghue

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