Delighted and honoured to be reading with @moyradonaldson for Harry E. Northup's Poetry Hour on St. Patrick's Day. Here in Ireland, that will be at 8 o'clock in the evening. I hope you can join us. The link is in the bio.

Congratulations to Jamie O’Halloran, a winner in our Fool for Poetry competition and published in Southword, on her recently published debut collection Ballast. #poetry #writing #southword @jamieohalloran108.bsky.social

Please come. Free registration at link in bio.

Soon to be launched

New York Times, stop calling it famine. It’s calculated starvation. It’s genocide. 🇵🇸

North Gaza: Food, Water & Other Distributions chuffed.org/project/help...

Getting ready for a workshop and reading with Mark Doty tomorrow and came across this marvelous talk he gave on sentimentality in poetry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoLQ...

Drafting of bill to ban imports from Occupied Palestinian territories to get green light jrnl.ie/6715510

Over the river and through the woods the voices at the rugby pitch sail.

“Children are starving to death, and we’re spending six or seven days speaking about Kneecap – we spent less than a day speaking about 15 executed medics.”

In remembrance. Thank you to the editors of Blue Satellite and Ashland Poetry Press who published the poem in their journal and anthology.

For the day that’s in it

The good news I couldn’t share, but now I can.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/rt... @uplift-ireland.bsky.social

Exceeding my expectations.

Porridge, Puccini and intermittent sun. How’s your Sunday morning?

Disappointing news today, then excellent news this evening.

I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...

Thrilled to be reading alongside the brilliant @eleanorhooker.bsky.social and @@bredajoyce.bsky.social in Waterford next weekend. Thank you, Ger Duffy!

Elon at the White House yesterday vs. a scene from Don't Look Up.

We're now accepting Burns Visiting Scholar applications for a semester or academic year in 2026-2028! Appointments available to established academics, writers, artists, journalists & notable public figures Application info is on our website: www.bc.edu/content/bc-w... @burnslibrary.bsky.social

This is great news for everyone. Court rules that AI violates copyright. I hope this is the first of many cases and that the greed of tech firms thinking they are immune to charges of theft is quashed. Now we need some convictions! #AIviolatescopyright #authorsowncopyright #theftisnotfairuse

Loved this image in Shona Bridge’s poem ‘As I Reverse Up the Driveway’ …late winter sun//which scores my thigh/like light running wild… in The Marrow Issue 3 www.themarrowpoetry.com/issue-three/...

We’re over 60% of the threshold now and Ireland is now the closest next country to click over to backing this. It needs 7 nations to hit their threshold, so we’ll still need to see Sovenia (behind us) step up its game. But it does feel good to see cheery news.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...

“Thursday” shared this.

Farewell, beauty. Éowyn has changed the landscape.

Ten days ago I heard a chef on RTE tell how he makes root veg soup. Today I executed it and I'm loving turnips.

Thrilled that I can call Drunk Muse my publisher!

Hadn't seen this until now. Hallelujah!

The word is out. (From a thread on open mics and Lime Square Poets.)

Equation of human truth,’ is how Paul Lynch describes novels in this interview with Colm Toibín. This evening, after having the tab open on my laptop for months, I finally listened to it. It’s fascinating to hear them talking not just about Prophet Song, but Lynch’s approach to writing.

Congratulations to the 12 shortlisted poets, 7 of whom will be published through Drunk Muse Press in 2025/26 #smallpress #writers #Scotland #Ireland #Poetry

Thrilled to be amongst the 12! Thank you, Drunk Muse Press!

Poetry Wales dopped this @mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social gem into my inbox this morning. mailchi.mp/poetrywales/...

Wolf moon rising

Fine piece. My thoughts are with Colm.

Gulf of Mexico.

Brad Pitt wants to follow me now that the divorce is finalised.

Last call for January Writing Hours! If you or anyone you know would like to come but can't afford to, please send me a message. I'm doing admin later today and have some complimentary spaces to give out. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr...

W.D. Snodgrass' Heart's Needle came to mind while listening to Matthew Dickman reading from and talking about Husbandry on the Southword Poetry Podcast. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42794/...

Never Too Late Award for a writer over 60 from The Bridport Prize. Please share.