Author

Maurice Devitt

In 2016, Maurice Devitt was selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series and shortlisted for the Listowel Poetry Collection Competition. Winner of the Trocaire/Poetry Ireland Competition in 2015, he has been placed or shortlisted in many competitions including the Patrick Kavanagh Award, Over the Edge New Writer Competition, Cuirt New Writing Award and the Doire Press International Chapbook Competition. A guest poet at the Poets in Transylvania festival in 2015, he has had poems published in various journals in Ireland, England, Scotland, the US, Mexico, Romania, India and Australia, is curator of the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies site and a founder member of the Hibernian Writers Group.

Poetry

Poetry Review: The Woman on the Other Side – Stephanie Conn

Maurice Devitt Aug 31, 2016

The Woman on the Other Side - Stephanie Conn The first thing that struck me when I read Stephanie Conn’s debut collection The Woman on the Other Side was the sheer geographical breadth of the subject-matter. It opens with a series of…

Poem of the Week

Revolution NOW [13]: On the Street Where You Live – Maurice Devitt

Maurice Devitt Apr 13, 2016

On the Street Where You Live It is one of those late autumn days when the trees on the street seem to have nothing to do. They stand shivering in puddles of leaves, hands waving to keep warm, bold rustle of summer now a bald whisper. Talk…

Author

Maurice Devitt

Poetry Review: The Woman on the Other Side – Stephanie Conn

Revolution NOW [13]: On the Street Where You Live – Maurice Devitt

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