Poetry File

Ciaran O’Driscoll lives in Limerick. A member of Aosdána, he has published ten books of poetry, including Gog and Magog (1987), Moving On, Still There (2001), Surreal Man (2006) and, most recently, Angel Hour (2021) 

Paul Maddern reads his poem 'Hop Pickers'.

Audrey reads her poem 'False Memory'.

Noel reads his peom 'Erne'

Moya cannon reads 'Delete contact card'

Today Paul McMahon reads his poem Milltown. From Belfast, Paul McMahon now lives in Cork. His poetry has appeared in The Poetry Review, The Irish Times, Poetry Ireland Review and elsewhere. Also a playwright, Paul is developing his new play with The Abbey Theatre. His poem The Pups in the Boghole won the Westival international Poetry Prize.

Áine Uí Fhoghlú reads Note by Note Áine is the Poet Laureate for Dungarvan, Co Waterford. A writer of poetry and fiction, Áine comes from the Waterford Gaeltacht area, An Rinn.

David Murphy reads his poem The Royal Way. David Murphy lives in Lusk, Co Dublin and has had three novels and three short-story collections published in Ireland and abroad. His first non-fiction book was published by Liffey Press in 2014 and his first poetry collection, ‘Drowning in the Desert’, was published by Revival Press in 2020.

Angela Keogh reads The Poet's Retreat. Her first novel 'The Winter Dress' was published in 2020 by the Harvest Press. Her poem 'An Irish Poem' was a prize winner of the Waterford Poetry Prize 2018. Two of her radio plays, 'The Winter Dress' and 'Letters in the post' were broadcast on KCLR radio in 2021.

Paul Maddern reads Pilgrimage. Paul Maddern was born in Bermuda and has lived in Co Down since 2000. He has four publications with Templar Poetry and has won two Bermuda Government Literary Awards. He is the editor of Queering the Green (Lifeboat Press, 2021) and now owns and operates The River Mill Writers Retreat in Co Down.