Poetry
Harbour to odyssey: New poetry from Bebe Ashley, Paul Farley, Moya Cannon and Afric McGlinchey
Reviews of Harbour Doubts; When It Rained for a Million Years; Bunting’s Honey; and à la belle étoile
Spinal cord recovery: Assistive technology was a liberator for me
Tadhg Paul says writing helped him embrace to life again and regain mobility after his spinal cord injury
Dublin poet Stephen James Smith: ‘I’m just holding a mirror up to the city, trying to tell the truth’
The poet on the inspiration in his life, his dyslexia, Pat Ingoldsby, and how one poem he wrote changed his life
Collected Poems by Gerard Fanning: Elliptical, at times cryptic works built on mood and atmosphere
Early on, one feels the need to ask for a primer for some of Fanning’s enigmas but later he seems to relax into a more open, approachable clarity
New poetry: Frank McGuinness, Erica McAlpine, James Harpur and Dane Holt
Reviews of The River Crana; Small Pointed Things; The Magic Theatre; and Father’s Father’s Father
Paul Durcan: ‘Poetry was a gift that he loved to give others’
Kathleen MacMahon, Conor O’Callaghan, Bernard MacLaverty, Enda Wyley, William Wall, Aifric McGlinchey and Martin Doyle pay tribute
Bodily takeover: New poetry from Gwyneth Lewis, Jennifer Horgan, Dedalus Introductions and Peter McDonald
Reviews of First Rain in Paradise; Beginnings Over and Over; Care; and One Little Room
Open, Heaven by Seán Hewitt: a portrait of the sensualist as a young man
The poet’s first novel documents the totalising force of youthful infatuation with fidelity and tenderness
New poetry: works by Ange Mlinko, Traveller poets, Jo Burns and Emily Cooper, and Jake Hawkey
Foxglovewise; Kin: An anthology of Poetry, story and art by Women from Romani, Traveller and Nomadic Communities; The Conversation; and But/Through
Moth Poetry Prize shortlist revealed
Prize worth €11,000 to the winners shines a light on poems from several continents
Valentine’s Day love letters: poems to celebrate the love of your life
Dive into this collection of verse that captures the passion of affection
New poetry: The Keelie Hawk, poems written entirely in Scots, will delight and puzzle
Reviews of collections by Kathleen Jamie, Claudine Toutoungi, Pat Boran and Gustav Parker Hibbett
‘Conflict, religion and poetry are the three energies that I hold together, and they’re all about language’
The man behind the immensely popular Poetry Unbound podcast discusses the two books he’s publishing this year, early objections to Patrick Kavanagh, and the vitalness of surprise
Michael Longley funeral: Poets and politicians gather for writer who ‘touched the soul and imagination of many’
Michael D Higgins joined Theo Dorgan, Frank Ormsby, Medbh McGuckian and others at ceremony
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