These things come up from time to time on my Facebook page and tens of thousands of people respond to them. I haven’t found out what the point of them is. For example, if I see a particular word first, does it say something about me or does it merely point out that I read […]
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The Burning Bush 2, issue #6
The Burning Bush 2, issue #6 Congratulations to Derek Coyle on getting published in this magazine. Issue #6 of the Burning Bush 2 – an online journal of poetry, fiction, interviews & reviews. Edited from Dublin & Chicago.
This is the Carlow Writers’ Cooperative’s open mic this week where we had a special guest, Mel Perry, from Wales. I read 3 of my poems. I tried to find a poem that was something to do with Wales but the closest I could get was a harbour in Wexford.
My fifteen minutes of fame. I got to sit almost in front of someone who won a Facebook competition that was genuine.
My cat is not very good at hide and seek
I like writing about journeys on trains or going somewhere on a train in my poetry. I’m not into trains or train-spotting in real life though but find the idea of these journeys interesting in creative writing as there’s so much going on in them. They aren’t big things but I often find myself looking […]
The Trans-generation in the Irish Arts | DAVE LORDAN
The Trans-generation in the Irish Arts | DAVE LORDAN
Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition
Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition Lots of people on here that I recognise, including me.
Poets Out Loud: Introducing The New Yorker’s Poetry Podcast : The New Yorker
Me reading some festive poetry at the 12 Days of Christmas Pop-Up shop. I haven’t really got the whole happy Christmas spirit thing going on as my first poem, Christmas Shopping, was about someone collapsing and dying and the second poem, which is probably going to be called, Secrets, is about being poor.