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Idiots.

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Valentines Day at Willie Yeats' House

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With deep respect, the Trustees of the Ireland Chair of Poetry would like to share the Eulogy of Professor Michael Longley, whose passing marks the loss of a truly remarkable voice in literature. Read the full Eulogy by Professor Fran Brearton here: irelandchairofpoetry.org/remembering-...

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Bluemoose first novel in translation - Pub. '26 Irish - English. i am Lewy by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc translated by Mícheal Ó hAodha. 'Reminiscent of early Joyce, this sharply observed, funny and moving story is one of Ireland’s great overlooked classics.’ Christine Dwyer-Hickey.

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Poets! Help, please. When submitting an erasure poem for publication - how do you do it? I'm looking at an A4 document that I've worked on & photographed. Do I go with the photo size? A jpeg? Your suggestions appreciated!

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Some great workshops coming up for Clare based people - details below. #SpeirGorm

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It’s here! Washington Square by Henry James. A brand new edition for a whole new 21st-century audience, introduced to perfection by Colm Tóibín and beautifully illustrated by Brooklyn artist Rose Wong. Ahead of publication in April, advance copies exclusively at manderleypress.com

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New #StrongMessageHere podcast is up. This week, @helenlewis.bsky.social and I discuss the phrase ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome.’ Enjoy. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Ah, Marianne. youtu.be/d0NxhFn0szc?...

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Small things, but SO grateful for them: Lecky back yesterday, so heat on, electric blanky & podcast at bedtime. Today, toast, a shower, & no worrying about how I'd charge my old phone. Yes, nearly everything in the fridge & freezer is gone - not much in the scheme of things. Chapeau, ESB crews.

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Our winter poetry update is here! Discover poems by great contemporary poets like @skygoneout.bsky.social, @janeclarke.bsky.social, @imtiazdharker.bsky.social, Seán Hewitt, @donikakelly.bsky.social, Craig Santos Perez, Padraig Regan & more, plus voices from the past. www.brinkerhoffpoetr...

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#OTD 23 January 1861 - Birth of #KatharineTynan, poet, novelist and journalist. Tynan was a close associate of #WBYeats (who may have proposed marriage and been rejected, around 1885). She wrote over 100 novels, including five autobiographical volumes, and her Collected Poems appeared in 1930.

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Michael Longley has left us. If there is an afterlife, what a session is being prepared in the poets' digs for the latest arrival. Vale, Michael. Thank you for your work. (Image: Colin Davidson) Michael Longley — The Vitality of Ordinary Things | The On Being Project search.app/8y8WgudAWZVg...

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Exciting Announcement! Just in time for Brigid's Day 2025, with thanks to our publisher Arlen House and Syracuse University Press Fire: Brigid and The Sacred Feminine is now available in USA. press.syr.edu/supressbooks... Thanks again to Kildare County Council for Brigid1500 funding.

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An art exhibition of pictures drawn by children caught up in the war in Gaza is now touring across Ireland

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Don’t forget the 21st-23rd February is The Limerick Literary Festival in Honour of Kate O’Brien. We have fantastic speakers coming to join us. Our full programme will be announced on 23rd January in O’Mahony’s Bookstore at 5.30pm launched by celebrated Limerick Actor Myles Breen. Come and join us.

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Darnit! *heads off to find some damn fine coffee & a piece of cherry pie

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#LiftToTheSky launches January 13th! Pick a poet, share their work, say something positive, and tag them. Let’s make Mondays uplifting for the #PoetryCommunity. Details: shorturl.at/5avf0 #PoetrySky #PoetsOfBlueSky

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Just for fun, let me tell you about somebody you've probably never heard of, but who was once one of the most famous people in England, a national hero, a disgraced fraudster, and an astonishingly accomplished piratical maniac. He led quite a life. (1/53)

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A candle lit this Little Christmas for anyone who needs it.

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I'll be judging this year's Strokestown International Poetry Competition. Entries close on 31 January - see below for more details. strokestownpoetryfest.ie/poetry-compe...

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#Mood

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Bit of news. Delira & excira! #poetry #thiswriterslife

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Ah, he's gone. Bless him. A good man.

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How about ynstead of pouringe a ton of moneye ynto A.I. we just funde public educacioun and use the bookes we alreadye have that it ys being trained upon?

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It ain't Christmas til you're shlurpin' cocktails, high up in the Nakatomi Tower.

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Fanny Craddock on BBC4, using a secateurs on a chicken! I think this guy would approve. 😄

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POEM AT CHRISTMAS FOR A FRIEND Good friend – whether pagan or not, for those who watch a mid-winter message rises: The light will regain its strength. Have no fear. #WinterSolstice (c) Karen J McDonnell

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#WolfHall #TheMirrorAndTheLight The lighting! Tonight's episode in particular. And I don't know where to start with the costumes & design. Magnificent, like Mantel's writing. Wish she'd been around to see Rylance take Crum all the way to the end.

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Tough year for art sales and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.

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At 5am, my husband shakes me awake. The Syrian regime has fallen. By Suad Aldarra, whose memoir, I Don’t Want to Talk About Home, was published in 2022 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...

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Butter wouldn't melt ... #semiferal My little pal, making the day better. #thiswriterslife

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