Poems of the Week

Poem of the Week: Grianstad, East Coast Solstice

Poem of the Week: Grianstad, East Coast Solstice

A new work by Mary O’Donnell

Sat Dec 27 2025 - 02:25

Poem of the Week: Hinemi

Poem of the Week: Hinemi

A new work by Aidan Mathews

Sat Dec 13 2025 - 01:30

Crow Baby by Lauren Nichola Colley: second place in Moth Nature Prize 2025

Crow Baby by Lauren Nichola Colley: second place in Moth Nature Prize 2025

Mark Cocker chose Crow Baby ‘for its tender humour and playful use of language and image of an otherwise grief-laced experience’

Fri Dec 12 2025 - 19:00

Walking on the Beach with Mum by William Wyld: third place in Moth Nature Prize 2025

Walking on the Beach with Mum by William Wyld: third place in Moth Nature Prize 2025

Judge Mark Cocker: ‘I loved this for its seeming and easily overlooked slightness, when set against the gravity of its theme’

Fri Dec 12 2025 - 11:55

Poem of the Week: The Garden Dreamer of Gaza

Poem of the Week: The Garden Dreamer of Gaza

A new work by Eva Bourke

Sat Dec 06 2025 - 02:30

Poem of the Week: Before Saint Genevieve’s Tomb

Poem of the Week: Before Saint Genevieve’s Tomb

A new work by Mícheál McCann

Sat Nov 22 2025 - 02:16

Poem of the Week: According to The Ravens

Poem of the Week: According to The Ravens

A new work by Annemarie Ní Churreáin

Sat Nov 15 2025 - 03:53

Poem of the Week: Sudden Light

Poem of the Week: Sudden Light

A new work by Enda Wyley

Sat Nov 08 2025 - 13:13

Poem of the Week: Tetelestai

Poem of the Week: Tetelestai

A new work by Eugene O’Connell

Sat Nov 01 2025 - 02:08

Poem of the Week: Shadow

Poem of the Week: Shadow

A new work by Catherine Ann Cullen

Sat Oct 25 2025 - 06:45

Poem of the Week: A Different Field

Poem of the Week: A Different Field

A new work by Cian Ferriter in memory of Manchán Magan

Sat Oct 18 2025 - 04:31

Poem of the Week: Tell Them I Came, And No One Answered

Poem of the Week: Tell Them I Came, And No One Answered

A new work by Dermot Bolger

Sat Oct 11 2025 - 12:38

Poem of the Week: Redacted

Poem of the Week: Redacted

A new work by Eileen Casey

Sat Oct 04 2025 - 12:33

Poem of the Week: Death Comes to Caravaggio

Poem of the Week: Death Comes to Caravaggio

A new work by Colin Criss

Sat Sept 27 2025 - 12:28

Out, Out by Eithne Hand

Out, Out by Eithne Hand

A new poem

Sat Sept 20 2025 - 04:28

Let me shut a door and try to write a poem

Let me shut a door and try to write a poem

A new work by Yvonne Cullen

Sat Sept 20 2025 - 04:25

Poem of the Week: The Past

Poem of the Week: The Past

A new work by Joan McBreen

Sat Sept 13 2025 - 04:43

Poem of the Week: Pity About You

Poem of the Week: Pity About You

A new work by Paul Perry

Sat Sept 06 2025 - 05:22

Poem of the Week: Clot

Poem of the Week: Clot

A new work by Luke Morgan

Sat Aug 30 2025 - 10:06

Poem of the Week: Olympia

Poem of the Week: Olympia

A new work by Judy O’Kane

Sat Aug 23 2025 - 09:59

Poem of the Week: Luck

Poem of the Week: Luck

A new work by Martin Dyar

Sat Aug 16 2025 - 09:56

Poem of the Week: Aeneas Bhirgil

Poem of the Week: Aeneas Bhirgil

A new work by Mary O’Malley

Sat Aug 09 2025 - 09:33

Poem of the Week: My Mother at the Window

Poem of the Week: My Mother at the Window

A new poem by Gerry Murphy

Sat Aug 02 2025 - 17:20

Poem of the week: No one steps in the same Riviera twice

Poem of the week: No one steps in the same Riviera twice

A new work by Philip McDonagh

Mon Jul 21 2025 - 09:59

Poem of the week: Alingual

Poem of the week: Alingual

A new work by Lorna Shaughnessy

Sat Jul 12 2025 - 04:45

Poem of the Week: You Were

Poem of the Week: You Were

A new work by Liam Aungier

Thu Jul 10 2025 - 10:41

Poem of the Week: Heredity

Poem of the Week: Heredity

A new work by Michael Naghten Shanks

Sat Jun 28 2025 - 05:34

Poem of the Week: Us

Poem of the Week: Us

A new work by Pádraig J Daly

Sat Jun 21 2025 - 05:29

Percentages by Nuala O’Connor

Percentages by Nuala O’Connor

A new poem

Sat Jun 07 2025 - 04:58

Poem of the Week: Snail Notes

Poem of the Week: Snail Notes

A new work by Patrick Cotter

Sat May 31 2025 - 04:32

Poem of the Week: The Walk Out

Poem of the Week: The Walk Out

A new poem by Alice Kinsella

Sat May 24 2025 - 03:23

Poem of the Week: Children of the Reservation II: Eddie

Poem of the Week: Children of the Reservation II: Eddie

A new poem by Keith Payne

Sat May 10 2025 - 04:09

Poem of the Week: Seated Beside Iggy at a Dinner Party

Poem of the Week: Seated Beside Iggy at a Dinner Party

Anne Tannam on a chance encounter with rock legend Iggy Pop

Sat May 03 2025 - 13:07

Poem of the Week: The Book of Kells Library

Poem of the Week: The Book of Kells Library

New works by Louise C Callaghan

Tue Apr 29 2025 - 09:25

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