This sad news from Poetry ireland: Sydney Bernard Smith Poetry Ireland was saddened to hear of the passing of poet and writer Sydney Bernard Smith. In the past Sydney had read for Poetry Ireland, has been a contributor to Poetry Ireland Review and his Poems 1957-2006 was favourably reviewed in PIR 92. He published a [...]
The Tara Campaigns organised on the 24th of August 2008, a ‘Feis Teamhar’ : A ‘Turn at Tara’ to highlight the ongoing destruction of the Tara Complex by the Irish Government. The Feis was addressed by Pulitzer prize winner Paul Muldoon and Poet Laureate Seamus Heaney . The event was organised in the open air [...]
Asked to devise a new area for the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Festival of World Cultures , Dominic Campbell and Jean Connolly have created “Port Whoopee!”, which includes the Diwan of Mint Tea and Poetry. Yours truly will be among those contributing. The Diwan of Mint Tea and Poetry takes place in a Yurt (Mongolian style tent) [...]
I’ve been meaning to put up some Irish literary links for some time. The Cat Flap I’m no objectivist (I think!) but I really enjoyed Peter Sirr’s review of The Poems of Charles Reznikoff, 1918 – 1975, and while I could take or leave some of the poems quoted, I thought this was marvellous. Walk [...]