Bonus PoetryStuff

Last weekend's Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2016 saw the lights of the literary world, in Ireland and beyond, descend on Dun Laoghaire to inform, inspire and entertain. Headstuff Poetry Editor, Angela Carr, was there, taking it all…

Election Night There were lovers once who thought they were alone one night in the Glasgow School of Art. Reckoned that only they could take a palette knife to scrape off their Sfumato surfaces, find each other underneath as blank canvases …

For Valentine's Day, a little poetry to get you in the mood... Let The Dog he gets me to take off my panties by saying c’mon – let the dog see the rabbit skin to skin bellies bucking we laugh so hard it’s like coming and sex is no cuddle…

MONOGRAPH is a new regular Poetry feature, showcasing a group of themed poems by one poet, in a mini pamphlet form, accompanied by photographs and / or illustrations. Our first outing, MONOGRAPH 1, features the work of Scottish poet,…

We're all about bringing poetry to the masses here at Poetrystuff and one form becoming increasingly popular is the poetry film, where striking visuals complement the mood and tone of the poet's words. So popular has it become that there…

September 11 was the anniversary of a violent event which brought about the modern world: the CIA-backed overthrow of Chilean president Salvador Allende in 1973. While the more recent attack on the World Trade Centre was a horrific tragedy…

When we slot figures neatly onto the plinths of our national pantheon, the heroic status we make often require some scrubbing before they are fit to be viewed by the public. Figures of national renown are scrubbed clean of their more…

Two Roads Diverged In a Yellow Wood, What Happened Next Will Make All the Difference. You Won't Believe What This Poet Compared To A Summer's Day These Plums Which You Were Probably Saving For Breakfast Were In An Icebox, You Won't Believe…

Interview season 1. I’m weary of interviews, permanently tense, on edge , crunchy shoulders, learning off the syllabi and buzz words, AfL and AoL , differentiation and consolidation, the blurb style evangelical mission statements,…

Forming a poetry clique is a difficult thing to master. Staying in one is slightly harder. This is a part of poethood that many poets fall short in. They sit there, cursing that joke too many and staring at their peers all hanging out in…