Poetry as Commemoration
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Working w/ poets & communities across the island of Ireland to deepen our collective understanding of the past. A UCD Library #decadeofcentenaries initiative.
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Congratulations to my Uni Stuttgart #Anglistik students Nadja Hieber, Danny Naumov, Selin Balikci & Lily Nguyen whose #decadeofcentenaries poems appear on the Poetry as Commemoration Virtual Poetry Wall at UCD Library. Thanks to Catherine Wilsdon, Lucy Collins, Ursula Byrne & Evelyn Flanagan!
Thanks to Fingal County Libraries for the warm welcome earlier this month 😊We're pleased to see a copy of GBB added to their collection for all to explore.
Today we presented Royal Irish Academy Librarian Barbara McCormack with edition no.43/100 of GRIEF'S BROKEN BROW. Check out the list of libraries currently holding a copy of this fine press collection of commissioned poems. tinyurl.com/4ezphucu Find a copy near you!
Contributed a poem to the Poetry as Commemoration digital wall last year and recently got my handwritten copy sent, as they invite you to do, to the physical archive at UCD - I knew I would love the physical writing aspect to it, bought special paper and everything …
The Library was delighted to be presented with this beautiful limited edition volume. Huge thanks to the Poetry as Commemoration project for coming in to make this presentation.
Thank you Irish Times Culture and Martin Doyle for giving space to the Poetry as Commemoration project at UCD Library - we hope all those who participated keep writing! How poetry is helping us preserve our past - and question our assumptions of history irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
On Monday, Dr Sandra Collins welcomed UCD Registrar Colin Scott to @UCDSpeccoll to present him with Grief's Broken Brow, a letterpress book created as part of Poetry as Commemoration. For more information see: poetryascommemoration.ie #irishpoetry #irishcivilwar