Poetry Ireland

Stop by Laura Rahill Stop. And listen. Don’t panic, but come home now. Time is waiting, impatient  for us all   to just stop. And listen. Have you ever really heard your heart beat before can…

Justice by Dearbhla O'Reagan an elusive word. we love our missing acquaintance until the pain is ours and rioting is the cure we will not know. not 'til the men in suits hear our screams our begs then we…

Laundromat by James Croal Jackson I want to breathe dirty cigarette lungs into the bed grime you say it  is time to bless the sheets  with renewal so we spin  around the laundromat …

Restart the Engine by Paul McCarrick Discard any computer wires that kept you inside  during your teens or twenties, even the current timeline,  cut any cords that tied you down to tendencies of talking  about polygons,…

Teacher by James Whyte Your eye is still water, absorbing  the cloudy agitation of teenagers. Your ear holds their voices, the clang  of metal lockers echoing  in the dim corridors of your dreams.…

The Sea oh The Sea by Martina McAteer (Poem to be recited in one breath) Sea soothsayer shhhhh! Silent sound smooth flying Rolling over waves like my swooping Free-falling flying with you My poor ragged soul…

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…

In this episode of WriteStuff Chris chats to Stephen James Smith. Stephen is a poet with a voice that is unique yet distinctly Irish. He has written poems that epitomise being from Dublin, being from Ireland and being a son. He speaks about…

“Poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and not by singularity; It should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.” John Keats Poetry Day Ireland takes place on April 26th and the…

Welcome to this fortnight's Lit Review, packed with competitions and submission calls. Don't forget that the closing date for this year's Listowel Writers' Week competitions is 1st March. Competitions & submission calls The Stinging…