poetry

In anticipation of Mike Mills upcoming film C’mon C’mon, which is set to screen at the New York Film Festival, Galway-based poet Ciaran O’Rourke explores the cinema of Mills and its connections with the music of The National as influences…

Tomorrow’s Creatures  A series of tanka in Irish and English, in 5-7-5-7-7 syllables, in response to artwork by Masood Hussain  (Kashmir) by Gabriel Rosenstock  neacha a thiocfaidh  an daonnaithe 'bheidh iontu  ó – cad…

All That's Left By PD Lyons Dust in the corners Pale light, loose boards, Soft paper pages partially filled. So small The world with all its bigness Could have so easily passed by. Will we,…

Echoes in Your Absence By Oisín Moloughney familiar voices echo the way many hands permeate dangling halls. you seem irreplaceable, exotic & shameless in your absence. even here I remember your violent…

How to count as a child (correctly) By Alice Kinsella Count patterns on the wallpaper  at night, ignore the stars outside in their billions, as many as grains of microplastic on every beach. Count the…

The Unevolved Cactus By Lauren Anne Cassidy I take on love Like a boat Takes on water And hold it  In my body Like the belly  Of a cactus. It does not help me During the dry months Or drought – …

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Scottish poet Jen Hughes. Hughes lives in Glasgow where she is a writer and co-host of open mic night 'Words and Music' with Gayle Smith. She is also a regular contributor to Outlet Publishing's …

Locus  By Kevin Graham You ask for clarity so I set  a glass of water on the counter,  look at the clock and count  backwards from a hundred  with my eyes closed, listening  to you breathing very slowly  from a…

The Rover By Jen Hughes Opportunity Has been lost to the dust storms. Spirit crashed On the punishing terrain below. So now there’s just me Curiosity Finding out as much as I can About this cold, aloof…

It is the first of February, the beginning of spring, Imbolc. It is also known as the festival of Brigid, goddess of poetry and healing, and so to celebrate the day we want to share some of the most exciting women writers in Ireland today.…