Ten Poets Do Their Bit for the Secret Service will be available, ahead of publication date, at this Saturday's Free Verse Poetry Book Fair at St Columba's Church in Knightsbridge!

An old magic lantern slide of Waterford dated 1894. This is John's Bridge, part of which dates to the 1600's. The bridge was enlarged in 1765 under mayor John Lyon. In the center background is the roof of the old Waterford and Tramore railway station, demolished in 1970. #Waterford #Ireland

#ThursdayThoughts - I have another new #haiku 'mountains' published online in #litmag Spillwords 📚 Big thanks to #editor Dagmara 💐 spillwords.com/mountains/ ⛰️ #poetry #nature #silicasun 🗻📘💙

Just published is That's It by Eamon Grennan. It will be arriving in bookshops shortly and can also be purchased from The Gallery Press: gallerypress.com/product/that...

R.I.P Moya Brennan.

Missed my granddad's anniversary mass this morning because I've not enough petrol to get there aha. So here's a small poem and a candle emoji 🕯️ and I'll think about him on my lil silly walk 🚶‍♀️

Delighted to make the Shortlist for the Secret Service call with @sidekickbooks.bsky.social #JamesBond #007

⏰2026 Summer School Deadline: 5pm, Weds 8th April ⏰ Thanks to the funding we receive from the Arts Council and the continued generosity of our Friends, we can offer 12 free places at the summer school. Apply here🔗 stingingfly.org/summer-school/

Pat Masson's best poem was also first published on Forgotten Ground Regained. "A Lay of St. Boniface" reimagines Boniface's chopping down of a sacred pagan oak from the point of view of the intended sacrifice. It is both deep and dramatic -- well worth reading. alliteration.net/poetry/a-lay...

Today is the birthday of Pat Masson (1940-1994), a writer who died young and unknown, yet wrote some of the best poetry of the modern alliterative revival. I found two of her poems in obscure journals: "Hymn to Earendil" in Mallorn and "Dragon-Fighter" in Withowinde. alliteration.net/poets/pmasson/

Cressida, that bonnet will definitely land you a job in Are You Being Served.

I asked you to bring me the head of Beryl the Peril, not the headdress. #GirlsOwnCC

Delighted to make the shortlist for the Secret Service call with @sidekickbooks.bsky.social Thank you so much! ☺️

Dirty Linen is now available to buy in the United States. My article about it in The Irish Echo in New York

Submissions are open! We look forward to reading your work. Head to the link below for information about guidelines and to submit your work for Issue 5! www.the4facedliar.com

‘The slow murder of Lough Neagh’ how awful.😢

Amazing! Congratulations, Martina. 🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Year of the Gorse.

The New School of the Anthropocene is an experimental micro-university, which offers an affordable, radical, alternative to mainstream higher ed. I teach there each year & we have students from Gaza, Ukraine & around the world. 2026 enrolment is now open. www.nsota.org @nsota.bsky.social

Yesterday was World Poetry Day but I quite often feel like this when I try to share the work of poets I admire.

Wrong season but I just got this fabulous lady and can’t possibly hide her away until December. Photo from my collection, 1963.

The Knights of Guinevere show opens this weekend at Gallery Nucleus, here's one of my two pieces for the show! 💙🔹

For #worldpoetryday here’s Ballybricken Hill. Published in Déise Voices #ballybricken #waterford

#StreetArt in #Paris 11th

Very pleased to have my story, My Love, appear In debut issue of Pink Ochre Magazine. Check out all the great poetry and fiction. Thanks Meg Nadine Wenzel! pinkochre.wixsite.com/pink-ochre-m...

A bit late to the party, but here’s my #PoemsAbout #Melt My Poem, Spring Thaw, is published on Spill Words Press @spillwordspress.bsky.social www.spillwords.com/spring-thaw/ Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity

On the origins & making of the film adaptation of my book Underland, including director Rob Petit on needing to become “a buttered otter” to film where he did! In UK cinemas from 27 March www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

SHARE AWAY ‼️ I get asked about cliches in #poetry and what is a tired #poem. Here is an example I’ve written and a damning critique. Brace yourself #poets! 🚨 #writing

On this Mother’s Day I still put washing on the line And on the clothes horse And put the dry clothes away But I did receive two cards Made with love So that makes everything ok #MothersDay

Hello—here’s the official trailer for UNDERLAND, based on my book of the same name, dir. by Rob Petit, with a haunting, glittering score by @hannahpeel.bsky.social, & the ‘Storyteller’ voiced by Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest). Hope you like it. In UK/Irish cinemas 27 March.

2 hours 22 minutes and counting until I tell my family ‘I’m friends with yer man with the mad socks on the telly’ and No, they will Not believe me.

Kristi Noem testified under oath yesterday that detainees receive medical attention within 12 hours. Yet another shameless lie.

Hello—Is a River Alive? is published in paperback in the UK today. It’s dedicated to the rivers & their guardians. Thanks to all who’ve supported its journey into the world: read it, talked about it, got in touch. It’s @waterstones.bsky.social book of the month. “Hope is the thing with rivers…”

For #worldbookday let’s Dance This Mess Around @b52sofficial.bsky.social

So delighted to be on the longlist for the @womensprize.bsky.social.

Congratulations.

I’m tuning in for the colourful ties and snazzy socks 🧦

I love Daffodils. A sign that Spring is here and brighter days are coming. My poem, Daffodil on Waking, is up on The Galway Review along with four other poems. thegalwayreview.com/2026/02/22/j... #Daffodils #Spring

I love Daffodils. A real sign that Spring is here and brighter days are coming. My poem - Daffodil on Waking, is up now on The Galway Review, along with four others. thegalwayreview.com/2026/02/22/j...

Love this, Lil’s Answer, from @helenmort.bsky.social brilliant book of poetry, No Map Could Show Them. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

You change the world by being yourself. ~ Yoko Ono

We're open to submissions next Friday (13th February) for gorse 15: Eureka!/EYPHKA! Full details on the website: gorse.ie/gorse-15-eur...

Thank you for this amazing feedback on my poem - Skinny Dipping 🙏🏻

@deemclachlan.bsky.social Thanks for sharing my poem! 🙏🏻

The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The first time a city's population has ever been nominated. www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...

We are beyond delighted to announce that we are publishing the latest books from two amazing writers - Martin Doyle and Sue Rainsford! 🎉 A HOSTING: INTERVIEWS WITH IRISH WRITERS 1991-2025 by Martin Doyle is a collection of interviews with the best Irish writers, and a culmination of-

Tradition and the individual talent

I'm judging the Maria Edgeworth Festival's poetry competition this year 🥳 and I would love to read your work! The deadline is the 27th of February 🌸 mariaedgeworthcenter.com/.../maria-ed...

#Greenland 🙏🏻