What happens when a language is declared a sin? When the hand itself is seen as an 'enemy'? This is the haunting reality at the core of Annemarie Ní Churreáin’s poem, "The Language Ban" #TheLanguageBan #IrishPoetry #irishfolklore #IrishSignLanguage #PoetryAnalysis #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature

Can we take a rest?

After hearing the banshee in an abandoned Celtic Tiger petrol station I explore the historical ties between the banshee &the lost singing tradition of Keening at funerals.How Victorian Muscular Christianity vilified the expression of emotion in colonised populations. open.spotify.com/episode/3CjX...

In @mosababutoha.bsky.social 's poem door on the road, shows a world where every single object has become a threat to the Palestinian people. #mosababutoha #freepalesti̇ne #palestinewillbefree #palestine #palestinian #palestinianpoetry

Latest episode is live and is focused on Olga Dermott Bonds's gorgeously haunting work of ekprhasis. It's a poem that peels back the layers of paint and varnish to reveal the story behind Ophelia by John Everett Millais open.spotify.com/episode/0Iin... #poetry #poet #poetryreading #poetrtanalysis

Irish poet Maurice Riordan on how poetry has an almost unique ability to control time. #poetry #timetravel #poetrycommunity #poetryquotes #poetryreview

Irish poet Maurice Riordan on how poetry has an almost unique ability to control time. #poetry #timetravel #poetrycommunity #poetryquotes #poetryreview

There's a @winterpapers.bsky.social archive online with work by Claire Kilroy, Hugh O'Connor, Jess Traynor, June Caldwell, Sara Baume, Brian Leyden, Peter Murphy, Martin Dyar, Jess Raymon, me, and an interview with Cathal Coughlan by Siobhán Kane. winterpapers.com/selected-work

I'm glad there's something out there for people who love Studio Ghibli films, but also hate art, imagination and goodness.

New podcast. This about how far right talking points distract us from eliminating the state violence of neoliberal capitalism open.spotify.com/episode/2wmH...

Last day to send me your poems for issue 20!

More for my interview with poet Maurice Riordan. Maurice spoke about the way in which the world has changed drastically in his time on the planet. #poetrycommunity #poetrycommunity #irishliterature #irishpoetry #PoetryPodcast #poetryquotes #PoetsToRead

The only light in Gaza right now is from Israeli bombs. Israel has cut off electricity and water to 2.1 million Palestinians — resuming its genocidal war and pushing Gaza toward total humanitarian collapse.

The poet Maurice Riordan reads his poem Rural Electrification 1956. You can hear the rest of my interview with Maurice now, where he takes a walk through his own career spanning nearly four decades. #poetryquotes #poetrycommunity #mauriceriordan #irishliterature #irishpoetry

“Monolingualism was an invention of the nation state, only a few centuries ago, but the word has always described an aspiration more than a reality, despite temporarily effective and often cruel attempts to suppress non-official languages and dialects.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'm going to be reading at this on Saturday, come by and show your solidarity with the Palestinian people 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

The latest episode, an interview with Irish poet Maurice Riordan, is up now In the interview, spoke about many of the forces that shaped his work; from stopping time to the eerie quality of Irish folklore. He was a fabulous guest. #irishpoetry #poertryinterview #poetryquotes #irishliterature

For #worldpoetryday, which poets/ collections should I be reading?

It’s World Poetry Day, so I pulled together a few poems I’ve been sitting with lately. Some are old favourites, some are newer discoveries — all of them made me pause. #WorldPoetryDay #LucilleClifton #MaryKarr #WarsanShire #CKWilliams #RashaAbdulhadi #PoetryThatStays #PoetsToRead

Another wee poem from me, just pubbed in South Oregon U’s Main Squeeze Mag

Very enjoyable listening on St. Patrick's Day - Louis de Paor meeting contemporary poets writing in Irish. If you're interested in languages & their survival... @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A.K. Ramanujan (1929–1993) was a poet, translator, and scholar who bridged languages and cultures. Writing in English and Kannada, he explored identity, folklore, and the way we think. #Poetry #AKRamanujan

Nail on the head from @patrickfreyne.bsky.social

The very first episode of 2025 features the poetry of Louise Gluck. It looks at her poem snowdrops, an elegant study of the tenacity required to begin again, and how sometimes continuation is the best rebirth. #PoetryPodcast #louiseglück #snowdrop #americanpoet #poetryquotes #poetrycommunity

One day I'll leave No Alibis in Belfast without buying something, but it wasn't today. This wee book by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social got a glowing review at the counter

I fell in love with Maggie Dietz's begrudging ode to winter, November, and covered it on the latest episode. If beautifully observed nature writing and tongue in cheek humour are your thing, you'll love it too open.spotify.com/episode/71Zz... #poetry