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5 Tips for Creating a Poetry Collection by Marion Lougheed

Poet Marion Lougheed with some invaluable tips for putting together and publishing a collection of

The Art of Haiku with Gabriel Rosestock (Part 2)

The Art of Haiku: An Interview with bilingual haikuist Gabriel Rosestock (Part 2) See Part

The Art of Haiku with Gabriel Rosenstock (Part 1)

The Art of Haiku: An Interview with bilingual haikuist Gabriel Rosenstock (Part 1) Gabriel Rosenstock,

Crafting a Poetry Collection by Sandra Behan

Unveiled: The Journey of Crafting a Poetry Collection As I reflect on my journey of

The Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship

Application deadline: 30th August, 2024 The Trustees of the Estate of Katherine Kavanagh intend to

Poetry Ireland International Residencies Programme

Application deadline: 6th December 2022 Poetry Ireland is delighted to announce I bhFad i gCéin-

Writing and Editing a Poetry Collection by Ciarán O’Rourke

News, Noise & Poetry: Keeping Up with the Times “It is difficult / to get

On Punctuation, Politics and Poetics (Part 2) by William Wall

In Part 1 of this article, I outlined my reasons for not punctuating my poems

On Punctuation, Politics and Poetics (Part 1) by William Wall

Recently a friend took me to task for not punctuating a poem of mine that

Engaging the Auditory Imagination by David Butler

A little over twenty years ago, a poem of mine, ‘Swallows’, was accepted for publication

Building a Dream into a Poetry Collection by Damien B Donnelly

I climbed a sleeping volcano at 4am, on Jeju, in South Korea, in 2018, expecting

Writing Poetry: Alchemy by Fiona Perry

I am a late bloomer, having only written fragments of poetry as an adult before

Planning a Poetry Festival in a Pandemic by Enda Coyle-Greene

My mother, who dreaded single magpies, loved black cats, never walked under ladders, and ignored

The Creative Process: Making Poems by Theo Dorgan

Hands down, one of the best parts of being Anam Cara’s director is getting to

So, You Wanna be a Poet? by Peadar O’Donoghue

The difficult second album. If, like me, you don’t get your first collection published ‘til

The Creative Process: Making Poems by Paula Meehan

Hands down, one of the best parts of being Anam Cara’s director is getting to

The Monday Night Cure: Organising Live Events by Abby Oliveira

The Beginning Back in January of 2015, while I was wrapped around a mug of

What Makes a Writer? by Alison Hackett

Am I a writer? I think so. Most mornings I read the paper and within

A Story of Three Chairs at Mountains to Sea by Úna Ní Cheallaigh

This is not the story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears, finding chairs and eating

Finding New Notes, Or Writing The Second Collection Of Poems by Karl Parkinson

There comes a time for every poet when they reach a point were they have