It was my recent privilege to be in discussion with one of our greatest writers and consciences, Fintan O'Toole, at the Hannah Arendt Center's conference. This is extraordinary. youtube.com/watch?v=tP0JbE…

Remember, our submissions close in just one week! Make sure to send us your ✨ Best to get in early as we have a subs cap! Submit here: themarrowpoetry.com/submissions #subsopen #opensubs #poemsubs #submissionsopen #submitnow #poetrysubmissions #poetryjournal #chillsubs #submittable

Emily Dickinson: always on hand when you need a poem for the latest multi-hazard weather event. Just love her use of verbs in this one, and that closing image. (This piece is from c. 1872.)

❛There should be a privacy and a measure of mystique to the work. Because it’s a special activity, poetry. There are things we don’t understand, philosophical things. I think of poetry as connecting with those things. Ideally. Maybe. Irish poet Derek Mahon, born #OTD in 1941.

All of us at the Munster Literature were saddened at the news of the passing of the poet Judith Mok. Our thoughts are with her husband Michael O’Loughlin and daughter Saar.

Tonight, Friday 13th December, in Kinsale! We'd love to see you there.

With xmas in mind, here are some books I've recently (re-read), some for private pleasure, some because of teaching etc. I'm never not reading Pnin.

Southword opens for poetry and fiction submissions on the 1st of January 2024! More details so you can prepare can be found at munsterlit.ie  #southword #submissions #poetryandfictionwriting

'Fiction is the art form of human yearning.' Robert Olen Butler

Looking forward to being part of this lovely festival.

This debut collection of short stories by Maggie Armstrong (published by Tramp,s o you can expect good things) is, as the reviewer puts it, 'dark snark'. If you want to learn how to write about your shadow side, here's a master class. thefallenlibrarian.wordpress.com/2024/04/24/old…

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2025 Festival Workshop Submission Deadline extended.Please send two poems – 40 lines or less – to [email protected] by Wednesday, 30th April to reserve your place. More info. strokestownpoetryfest.ie Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann Irish Writers Centre Roscommon People Roscommon County Council

Thanks to William Wall, for including a poem of mine on Italian radio.

Congrats Seán. Looking forward to reading Open, Heaven.

Looking forward to this. silverbackfilms.tv/shows/oceanwit…

Ditto Ruth, and wish I could be there!

'Jeanne’s experiences helped me reflect on my own sense of doubleness: between rootedness and restlessness, between belonging and feeling an outsider.' Afric McGlinchey on the process of writing À la belle étoile: the odyssey of Jeanne Baré. writing.ie/interviews/ody… Afric McGlinchey

Ahead of my reading at De Barra's in Clonakilty on Wednesday 9th July at 8.30pm, Moze Jacobs interviewed me about my new collection. Would appreciate any listens, and also shares. And it would be lovely to see you on the 9th, if you're around! Free event. youtube.com/watch?v=4WZg43…