So to close out February! On a theme of "Poems of the Heart" at An Tobar, nobody brought this one in and it is as good as it gets. Haunting, poignant and universal. Take a look back at her singing it in 1976 (Live) and she was beautiful. With thanks to liveviddy who loaded and youtube.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Saturday, February 23, 2019
An Tobar/Poetry for Pleasure!
An Tobar/ Poetry for Pleasure ~ February 2019!
Carel Owens chaired last Tuesday night's meeting of the group and on a theme of "Poems of the Heart" there were some interesting choices. Her own poem about her father and one by Brigid Herbert did not have titles. The night led off with a poem by MacDara Woods "The Sixteenth kind of Fear" and one I'm not familiar with and hope I got it right. Hannah Hodgson's "Parents" is another one I haven't come across and Willie Hodgson read a couple "The Private Tutor" and "A Proposal" and I think there are a number of them out there with titles of the same. "Spring Memory" by Teresa Brayton is I think is from her book "Songs of the Dawn" and I hope someone will correct me if I got any of the above wrong. "Flowers" by Wendy Cope was also included as was "Young Lambs" by John Clare. Ruairi Somers read his own poem "The Shopkeeper" and I read "A House of Cards" and Willie read one of his own as well. I will have to check the title. A night for detective work! The theme for next month is "Celtic Travellers." Should be interesting!
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Desmond O' Grady/International Poetry Competition 2019!
The Desmond O' Grady International Poetry Competition 2019!
The deadline for this on is the 16th of March and the prizewinner will be announced during April and will be invited to give a reading during the 2020 festival. The prizes are €200 for first place and with a runner up prize of €50. This competition was inaugurated in 2012 by the late Barney Sheehan of the White House Poetry Revival in honour of the Limerick poet Desmond O' Grady and was last held in 2014. The Limerick Writers are reviving the competition as part of their "April is Poetry Month" in 2019. You can enter both online and by post with postal entries sent to Limerick Writers' Centre, 12 Barrington St, Limerick, Ireland. Online to limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com . Postal Order/ Cheque or by PayPal.
Poems can be in any form or style and entry fees are €3.50 for one poem or €5.50 for three. The competition judge is John W. Sexton and full details and info above is from the Poetry Ireland website. Link to the right! Be sure to check!
The deadline for this on is the 16th of March and the prizewinner will be announced during April and will be invited to give a reading during the 2020 festival. The prizes are €200 for first place and with a runner up prize of €50. This competition was inaugurated in 2012 by the late Barney Sheehan of the White House Poetry Revival in honour of the Limerick poet Desmond O' Grady and was last held in 2014. The Limerick Writers are reviving the competition as part of their "April is Poetry Month" in 2019. You can enter both online and by post with postal entries sent to Limerick Writers' Centre, 12 Barrington St, Limerick, Ireland. Online to limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com . Postal Order/ Cheque or by PayPal.Poems can be in any form or style and entry fees are €3.50 for one poem or €5.50 for three. The competition judge is John W. Sexton and full details and info above is from the Poetry Ireland website. Link to the right! Be sure to check!
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
The Meath Writers' Circle/February 2019!
The Meath Writers' Circle/February 2019!
About eight people turned out for the first meeting of the year with items up for discussion that included magazine sales and our children's poetry competition which was a huge success. The magazine to date has sold well over three hundred copies and congratulations to everyone and for the effort they put in. With thanks to Noel Dempsey who launched the magazine and to everyone who came on the night. The call for submissions to next year's will go out soon so get the pens out!
About eight people turned out for the first meeting of the year with items up for discussion that included magazine sales and our children's poetry competition which was a huge success. The magazine to date has sold well over three hundred copies and congratulations to everyone and for the effort they put in. With thanks to Noel Dempsey who launched the magazine and to everyone who came on the night. The call for submissions to next year's will go out soon so get the pens out! Friday, February 8, 2019
Verona Pentony/Special Olympics 2019!
Verona Pentony/Special Olympics 2019!
The
Special Olympics World Summer Games will be the largest
Sporting and Humanitarian event in the world in 2019, and Team Ireland will see
91 of our brave athletes take to this world stage and show what they are made
of! I am delighted that I will be able to be there, to
support not just Ireland’s 91 athletes, but the 7000 other athletes from across
the globe who will also be competing.
Verona who is a member of The Meath Writers' Circle will be in Abu Dhabi this year in connection with the above and any support would be greatly appreciated.
Sunday, February 3, 2019
Damien Dempsey - Soft Rain
From the album "Soulsun" 2017 by Damien Dempsey and to add to the catalogue of great songs written about Dublin. Something to start February. With thanks to Beautiful Loser who posted and youtube.
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