Bódléar / Darach Ó Scolaí

In a village on the west coast of Ireland, every summer, the local poet is sent south to Munster to represent his village at the great gathering of poets. And each year, he composes a new poem for the occasion and, more importantly, he brings home new poems and songs. The people of the village love the songs he brings back to them, and organize a big night every year to welcome him home.

But this year, the poet has returned in a foul humour. From now on, he will compose “new poetry, truer poetry!” he says. But when his new “rhymeless and toneless” poems are heard, the locals are horrified….