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Poetry Now at Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2016
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…
Revolution NOW #GE16: Election Night
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 …
A Valentine’s Day Poem: Let The Dog
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…
Poetry Monograph 1: Gillian Prew
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,…
Ride the Red Line Haiku: A Poetry Film by Brian Kirk
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…
Pablo Neruda’s Poetic Struggle for Social Justice
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…
Sympathy for the Devil: W.B. Yeats and fascism
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…
Clickbait Poetry
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…
Interview Season
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…
Name-dropping Obscure Poets and Forming Poetry Cliques
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…