Poem written by Junior Cert pupil’s mother appears in his English paper
Emily Cullen’s Envoi in Chalk was also inspired by student Lee when he was young boy
Poems of the Week
Poem of the Week: Evie Hone’s Nativity Window (Manresa Jesuit Retreat House, Clontarf)
A new work by Daniel Reardon
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’
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’
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