I’m delighted to have a tiny piece in this set of essays – Irish Questions and Jewish Questions. Two of my poems from Jewtown are mentioned in the book.
Category: Publications
Published: Algebra of Owls
It’s been a very quiet year for me in terms of getting poems published; rejection after rejection after rejection. Therefore I was relieved to finally get something published after almost 6 months in the popular web-based journal Algebra of Owls. The poem, Apple, is not a particularly new one but I never managed to get […]
The Tricky Second Collection
Some exciting news – at least for me – Doire Press will publish my second collection in late 2019! Jewtown will have a new sibling, which has been brewing for the last few years and is nearly ready to unleash. My aim is to make the poems I’ve written a lot better, yank out the […]
Poetry Ireland Review
Very pleased to find a new poem of mine accepted for Poetry Ireland Review.
On the telly
I was on RTE 1 this evening as part of a programme called “Back to the Future: An Irish Passover.” I read 2 poems from Jewtown and get to show a little bit of my school, where I work. I also chat a little bit about the history of the Cork Jewish Community. Watch it […]
Flare 6
Really pleased to have a poem featured in this lovely pamphlet.
Published: Hodges & Figgis Anthology
I’m featured in this special anniversary edition of the Hodges and Figgis anthology with over 200 other writers. I have a poem in there somewhere about Emrys, less than a minute after he was born, called Apgar Score. I’m very grateful to Alan Hayes from Arlen Press who was kind enough to ask me to […]
Blue Nib Chapbook Competition
I was very happy to see that 8 of my poems were a runner-up in the Blue Nib Chapbook Competition. The 8 poems are all about my son, Emrys, most of which had their foundation in the small hours of the morning as he settled down after a feed. I left them alone for a […]
Published in Penny Dreadful
I am delighted that two of my poems from Jewtown were published in the Penny Dreadful Winter/Spring 2017 issue. The poems were When Father Died and The Shochet. Thanks to the editors for considering these poem and I’m delighted to be in such good company. Here is the full list of poetry in Issue 7: Matthew […]
Stinging Fly
I am delighted to have my poem “I was your Golem” published in the Stinging Fly. I won’t lie; this is a journal that I’ve been obsessed over getting into since I first read it a number of years ago. The poem is based on the Jewish Folk Tale of the Prague Golem and I wrote the […]