Just to say I am about to become an ex of X…. I can no longer stand the sight of that black logo, death symbol, emblem of what its maker is up to, of what more may be to come. See you over on FB or on insta, perhaps… Just keep reading poetry, please!
Such an honour to be opening this extraordinary artist’s exhibition this evening in Westport. @GFAward @poetryireland @IrishWritersCtr @OC_Gallery
@customhousestud are pleased to host Cogadh na gCarad/ the War between Friends by Eoin Mac Lochlainn. Exhibition runs from Thursday 31stAugust until Sunday 24th September 2023, Opening reception Thurs 21st Aug 6pm-8pm by Geraldine Mitchell, Writer/Poet.
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Today's Poetry Thread: PROTEST
"What's the sense / Of being an adult and having no voice?" Feel free to add poems.
ALT Call and Answer Tell me why it is we don't lift our voices these days And cry over what is happening. Have you noticed The plans are made for Iraq and the ice cap is melting? I say to myself: "Go on, cry. What's the sense Of being an adult and having no voice? Cry out! See who will answer! This is Call and Answer!" We will have to call especially loud to reach Our angels, who are hard of hearing; they are hiding In the jugs of silence filled during our wars. Have we agreed to so many wars that we can't Escape from silence? If we don't lift our voices, we allow Others (who are ourselves) to rob the house. How come we've listened to the great criers—Neruda, Akhmatova, Thoreau, Frederick Douglas—and now We're silent as sparrows in the little bushes? Some masters say our life lasts only seven days. Where are we in the week? Is it Thursday yet? Hurry, cry now! Soon Sunday night will come. —Robert Bly
“Second hand gloves will become lovely again;
their memories are what give them
the need for other hands…”
Refugee crisis reveals the racism in our smug republic 2irelands2gether.com/2023/06… via @andyjpollak
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"The EU rails against people smugglers, but its draconian policies keep them in business."
foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/22…
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Pretty blown away by this shout out in Irish president Michael D. Higgins’ speech for #WorldRefugeeDay.
Maybe this can be a motivator too for other journos working on tough issues: I guess we never know where our reporting is reaching & who is listening. president.ie/en/media-librar…
Have a great launch tonight. And thanks for having me in this celebratory issue. Mighty!
Excitement! We’re delighted to be part of today's delicious line-up. If you haven't snagged tickets for Stanley Tucci, why not come to one of our 25th anniversary events instead!
6pm Editors' interview - ilfdublin.com/whats-on/the-s…
8.30pm Summer issue launch - ilfdublin.com/whats-on/the-s…
An absolute joy.
What a grand finale to our 25th festival. This great lady was in fine voice and read some recent work What a treat! Our thanks to all our generous sponsors and loyal attendees who revisit each year. The planning for next year starts in a few weeks @poetryireland @ArlenHouse
This is how we win or lose the fight against big bucks and those for whom profit comes before any concern for the environment and still less for the future. Do read and sign! It’s about more than the disappearing birds…
Stop the Destruction of the Curlew Wintering Grounds at Magheramore - Sign the Petition! chng.it/6Qj579dF via @Change
Crucial habitat threatened. Please read & sign petition. Up the curlews!
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.@Nessao, @gmitchellpoet , Moya Cannon, Mary O'Malley and @LaoiseKelharpo come together to celebrate Eavan Boland's legacy for #PoetryDayIrl three years after her passing.
🕰️ 8pm 27 April
📍 St. Thomas’s Church, Dugort, Achill, Mayo
poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/… @BollAchill
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Skipping mothers, rebel songs and a donkey’s moment of glory... with Maeve Edwards, James Harpur, Clare Monnelly, Pier Kuipers, Geraldine Mitchell, Colin Regan and Claire Garvey @ClareMonnelly @pkvisualid @gmitchellpoet @RTERadio1 @RTE_Culture #stpatricksdayparade #MothersDay2023
Grateful to Gill Stoker at the Mary Evans Picture Library for choosing my poem to accompany this gorgeous image marking St Brigid’s Day and Ireland first national holiday in her honour, our ‘matron saint’. @poetryireland
It's #StBrigidsDay marking 1st day of spring in the Gaelic calendar (and a public holiday for the 1st time this year in Republic of Ireland, lucky things). Spring seems a BIT optimistic, but this lovely illustration of Brigid by F. Cayley Robinson has spring-like overtones.
Beautiful image of Brigid from the Mary Evans Picture LIbrary blog, to go with my poem St Brigid Dreams of the Arrival of Spring…chosen, aptly, as poem of the week for the week that’s in it.
maryevans.com/poetry.php?pos…
This poem from ‘Mountains for Breakfast’ (Arlen House, 2017) just snuck out into the world again. Via ‘Staying Human’ (Bloodaxe, 2017) where it also got a second chance. Many thanks, Yorkshire Times.
@ArlenHouse @BloodaxeBooks @IrishTimesBooks @poetryireland @IMcMillan
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That’s a nice find on a Sunday afternoon!
Poetry: today the poem @poemtoday is "Folly" and at poem-today.tumblr.com it is "Warning Shots", both by Geraldine Mitchell (@gmitchellpoet).
What a brilliant concept. I still have some of my father’s copies of The Bell.
NEW: This book! … After more than a few delays, we get to launch The Writer's Torch in @MoLI_Museum next Wednesday night. Please join us:
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Order the book here: stingingfly.org/product/the-…
Cover Design💕: @caegaffney
