UCD Irish Poetry Archive

On Monday 10th April I took a train from Cork to Dublin to read eight of my poems as part of the UCD Library #Irish #Poetry#Archive. Recording my poems brought my own mortality to the fore. This was not in a morbid way but as a keen awareness of, as my dad often said, 'we are just passing through'.

https://twitter.com/UCDPoetry/status/855367257706434560

Thanks to Ursula Byrne and her team at UCD Library.
Thanks also to Maurice at Books Upstairs for introducing me to this wonderful archive.

Ó Bhéal Five Words - Volume X

The tenth anthology of Five Word poems was launched at Ó Bhéal on 10th April 2017.  This publication includes the winning poem from John Baylis and shortlist from the 4th Five Words International Poetry Competition. Other entries have been selected from Monday Five Word Challenges, from April 2016 to April 2017.  I am delighted to have five of my poems included from the Monday Word Challenge.

A big thanks to Paul Casey.

The Incubator

I am delighted to have my poem 'Animal Republic' in Issue 12 of 'The Incubator' - a beautiful production by Kelly Creighton.

Issue 12 features an interview with Claire Savage, author of Magical Masquerade, and fiction from Nora Shychuk, Mark Kelleher, Susanne Stich, Seán Kenny, Damhnait Monaghan, Sandra Arnold and Eibhlinn McAleer.

This issue's poetry comes from Bernadette Gallagher, Eileen Ní Shuilleabháin, Kathryn Reynolds, Amanda Bell, Paul Perry, Siobhan Campbell, Anne Casey, Edward Lee, Alice Kinsella, Colin Hassard, Jo Burns, Mike Gallagher and Brian Gourley.

https://theincubatorjournal.com/journal/
https://issuu.com/theincubatorjournal/docs/the_incubator._issue_12