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Laura Caffrey is the Poetry Editor for HeadStuff. She is a teacher and poet based in Galway city. Laura has an MA in Writing from NUIG, with a focus on poetry. Her poems have appeared in various places including Crannóg and The Stinging Fly, and in 2018 she was shortlisted for the Cúirt New Writing prize. When not teaching or writing Laura can often be found plunging into the cold Atlantic at Blackrock, or curled up with her nose in a book.

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Poetry Review | Living Water

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Living Water is the debut collection from Bernie Crawford. The collection is laid out in three sections, and negotiates themes of womanhood, memory and mortality. Crawford’s time spent living and working in Lesotho, Zambia and Tanzania…
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Five Women Poets for Imbolc

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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.…
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3 Poets for International Women’s Day

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First up in our list of poets for International Women's Day is Denice Frohman reading her poem A Woman's Place. I first came across Frohman a few years ago in a HeadStuff post by Alvy Carragher. Frohman's reading of her work is nothing…
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Poetry Day Ireland 2020

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Poetry Day Ireland 2020 is taking place on Thursday 30th April. The theme of this year’s event is ‘There Will Be Time’, a line taken from T.S. Eliot’s 1915 poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'. Get Involved The call is out to one…