Looking forward to reading at the launch of Swerve 5 this evening. It’s online, so come one, come all! Kicks off at 8pm. us06web.zoom.us/j/8359470640...

Lois and Clark blitzing Christmas!

What a diverse community waterfordists are - winners there from Ireland, the US, Pakistan, and Malaysia! It is a global phenomenon. 😀

Excited to be at the @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social this Saturday. I’ll be reading two poems I was fortunate enough to have published in issues 9 and 10 of The Waxed Lemon. Such an important local journal. #indiepub #authorsofbluesky #bookcommunity #writeon #literarydreams #independentauthors

That’s a philosophic waterford if ever I saw one (and I should know, I invented them!). But check out that last line, maybe there’s a typo. Shouldn’t “you’re” be just “you”? Great work though, stay poetic! 😁

Y, felizmente, ¡mi nombre está en esa lista también! 🍾

Thrilled to have a couple of poems in this journal. One called “I Don’t Know S C Flynn” - which is true, but I do follow him (@scyflynn.bsky.social) on BlueSky. As should you all! 😏

Poetry needs you! 🫵🏼

A great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. 😁 Thank you @jesstraynor.bsky.social

Thrilled to contribute to this literary institution! www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1109/ma...

It’s great to have a poem in this!

Last year a new poetry format was launched into the world. A 24-syllable expression of positivity that’s as challenging to write as it is uplifting to read. The 2nd annual waterford comp is now open to all and free to enter. See waterford.carrd.co for details. #poetry #micropoetry #poem #BlueSkyPoet

What a lovely evening in Tramore!

Alan Murphy’s name in lights surrounded by thunderbolts and drama? No more than @allgumsblazing.bsky.social deserves! Great stuff, Alan. Keep it up. 👍🏼

“An old tape ran”, very helpful phrase for un-learning shame. 📼 @yoloakili.bsky.social @drdoylesays.bsky.social

It’s that man again! @allgumsblazing.bsky.social Great work, Alan. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Get your waterfords to Waterford!

Submissions are open!

Ha! The limerick has a few centuries head start, but there’s always room for a bit of good old inter-county rivalry. 😏

It’s time to write your waterfords for 2025’s competition. We’re delighted to say this year’s judge will be the incomparable @allgumsblazing.bsky.social Visit waterford.carrd.co for details and means of entry.

Absolutely thrilled to be in this magnificent journal!

Is there a bigger World Cup than this? 🤔

Coinciding with my contribution to the upcoming @madridlitmag.bsky.social #PoemsforPalestine edition, I am also excited to have a piece “Pyre” paired with phenomenal artwork by @allgumsblazing.bsky.social, and exhibited by the Palestine embassy in Dublin. palestineembassy.ie/artistic_con... #gaza

We need a little World Cup fever! 😏

A safe space for poets of all abilities and experience. #speirgorm #poetry #waterford

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

Chuffed to see my poem exhibited at The Main Guard in Clonmel ahead of the spoken word event coming up this Friday. #Clonmel #poetry

Congratulations to @laurenodonovanw.bsky.social for the RTE poem of the week. From the page to the airwaves. There’s just no stopping you! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Continental lifestyle a la #Dungarvan

Well, particularly thanks to you Jo. While wearing your Dungarvan Leader hat you do great service to local writers by celebrating their successes. Writing can be a solitary existence. It’s great that you shine a light. And then, on top of that, you garner your own space as a successful local writer!

Excellent work Jo. I’m so pleased to have hung on to your coat tails and to have been published alongside you. The Kleksograph truly has a hint of West Waterford about it this issue. 😁

I think the website is frazzledlit.com (not frazzledlitmag.com as it says on the poster). It’s a great little journal.

Sorry, I fat-thumbed the Brussels Review’s tag - it should have been @thebrusselsreview.bsky.social

It’s always gratifying to see something I’ve written make an appearance! Thanks to The Brussels Review for including “Together” in their latest offering, and for the rhapsodic review of my poem. Check it out here: thebrusselsreview.com/kevin-macala... [email protected]

We came, we raged, we conquered.

We raged, on the page & off.

The launch of Taxidermy Heart was a joy yesterday. Thank you for all the support 💜 I am luckier than a four leafed clover to be part of the Irish writing community 🍀 Huge thanks to @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social, Creative Ireland, Cork City Libraries, Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Arts Council, MLC 🙏

Dinner in Dublin after a journal launch. What could be better?

Excited to be reading my poem “Not All Disabilities are Visible” at tonight’s launch of The Martello. The esteemed @allgumsblazing.bsky.social and arts group maestro @mrsvickyday.bsky.social will also be in attendance.

It was grand to bump into @daraghfleming.bsky.social in Cork Library yesterday at the ‘Art of the Chapbook’ event. You never know who you might meet @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social

Wonderful event yesterday in Cork with Lauren “2-Books” O’Donovan, Rafael Mendes and Jordan McCarthy. Gripping readings taken from extraordinary collections, effortlessly introduced by the consummate Molly Twomey. @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social @laurenodonovanw.bsky.social @mollytwomey.bsky.social

The next edition of Just to Say: tune in to hear about @mollytwomey.bsky.social's forthcoming second collection. And our very own @kevinmacalan.bsky.social will be reading. Not to be missed! Wed 2 Apr at 7pm. Contact [email protected] for the Zoom link. #poetry #skypoets #poetsonbluesky

@allgumsblazing.bsky.social taking IMAX to a new level.

I was there! And very enjoyable it was too. Frank’s poems are delicate slices of life, made robust by his sensitive reading. A great way to spend an afternoon.

Excited that my poem ‘Poetic Justice’ has been added to the brilliant ‘Faith, Hope and Fiction’ website. Huge thanks to New York Times bestselling author Patricia Crisafulli - check it out here: faithhopeandfiction.com/content/poet...

2025 is off to a good start. Following on from poetry in Drawn to the Light and The Madrid Review, I have a short story in Kleksograph and a poem in Faith, Hope and Fiction. Is it coincidence that this flourish in publications followed a flourish in submissions? 🧐

Really happy to be on this list with such luminaries as @allgumsblazing.bsky.social @ellenharrold.bsky.social @frankfarrelly.bsky.social @sharrongreen.bsky.social @billyfenton.bsky.social

Excited to hear I have a poem coming soon in @madridlitmag.bsky.social - more on that (and other news) later.

1st 2025 meet-up of the West Waterford Poets - Monday 20 Jan at 7:30pm. This month's writing prompt: 'lift' or 'derange' with a poem written for 2 voices. New members - of all abilities - always welcome! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky