My poem 'Through the Ears of a Fish' is shortlisted for the Listowel Writers Week, Irish Poem of the Year, in the An Post Irish Book Awards 2020. The competition was judged by Richard Skinner. Read More The poem was first published in the June 2020 issue of Poetry magazine.
Every March, hundreds (well it seems like hundreds), of Redwings gather in our woods, preparing to fly home to Iceland and Scandinavia after over wintering here. In 2018 we had a severe weather system
“…a poem is a way of happening, a mouth.” (W.H. Auden). Warm thanks to Ruth Mckee, editor at Books Ireland, for the invitation to add my filmpoem ‘Living’ to poetry:happening, a now blog on the Books