Dignified Silence
Dignified silence on the broad issue of abortion is not something that I am known for, has led to accusations of sexism …
Shell Thrown Back to Sea
Beachhead made, image enhanced Sponsorship given, accepted, respectable Corporate politics greases hands Money makes all acceptable. Ethics over income, demand the crowd! …
CastlePallooza Rocked in the Rain By the Tullamore Rhymers – Failing to Make Fermoy
It is with regret due to work commitments we failed to make the Fermoy International Poetry Festival and the Poetry Bus ran …
Immagine & Poesia – Volume 1 – Featuring Tomás Ó Cárthaigh launched online
Immagine & Poesia, the Italian – Welsh writers collective, has just published an online collection of poetry, the concept and edited by …
Does Poetry Matter?
In an age of instant communication, where image and music is king, the question is often asked, does poetry matter? Judging by …
Gaza – What Can We Do?
What can one do, so far away? We see the pictures in the papers, on the internet, on the television, baffled as …
Pen Mightier than the Sword – Towards a Poetry Revolution – World Poetry Movement
Below is a statement from the World Poetry Movement, one of the collectives of which I am a part. Activism through groups …
Poets, Principles and Personalities – The Biggins of the Poetry World Spouts Forth
The principled “writer” Kevin Higgins, well, he is at it again. Readers of these pages will remember the “principled” campaign he ran …
History of Poetry in Fermoy – Gene Barry and the Fermoy International Poetry Festival
Two years in the running, and following on from many years of voluntary work in the arts, editing reviews, etc, this is …
Fermoy International Poetry Festival 2014 – Gene Barry Defends Festival and Reputation – Decent Poets vs Cute Hoors and the Poetry Cliques – Blog
Gene Barry, of the Blackwater Poets, formerly the Elbow Lane poets, started the Fermoy International Poetry Festival. To which others tagged along, …
Ethics, Official Images, Artists Ego’s and the Funding Issue
Writers often make their living from festival readings, and sales of their books at events. To gain such access to earn such …
Tae Lane EP Launch – Blog
There was plenty of other mens girls who I would loved to have got low down pleasures with at the Tae Lane …
Real Activists – Real Risks – Morocco and 100TPC
Listening today to 100TPC radio, an interview of El Habib Louai, with Terri Carron and Michael Rothenberg, where he speaks of the …
World Poets Quarterly – Vol 71 – Haiku
Today arrived in the post a copy of the World Poets Quarterly, Issue 71, published last August in China, containing a number …
Double Date for Tullamore Rhymers Club – Mike Denver Support and “Scene of the Rhyme”
As is to be expected, the Tullamore Rhymers Club took it in their stride – a double date of poetry inside a …
2013 – What a year for Tullamore Rhymers Club
Its been quite a year for the Tullamore Rhymers Club, with December fitting in a couple of unplanned events as the members …
Seeing Beneath the Surface at Tullamore’s “SCRATCH” Gallery
Tullamore’s latest artistic endeavor is the brainchild of self proclaimed blow in Richard Brennan, the SCRATCH Gallery in Tullamore Library. The concept …
Where ever I leave my pen… is my Creative Space
Some people have an area to go to,where they have the time and the peace to write. I, if Ive an idea, …
“Pop Up Poetry” at Culture Night 2013
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~POETRY POPS UP AT CULTURE NIGHT IN TULLAMORE, IRELAND ~~~~~~~We had in Tullamore Rhymers Club, for the Culture Night event, what we …
“Under the Fading Lamp” Second Issue published in print – and as a PDF file launched online today
The second issue of the chapbook “Under the Fading Lamp” was recently launched in Tullamore Library. Featuring readings from the writers whose …