Dunshaughlin Poetry Town Event/Poetry Ireland

 Orla Fay: Poetry Exploration And Critique Workshop

Dunshaughlin

Orla Fay who was nominated as Poet Laureate for Dunshaughlin, County Meath by Poetry Ireland, hosted a workshop on poetry exploration and critique, via Zoom last night. An event that attracted contributors from many parts of the world including our own county. The poems she discussed were varied though I would say centered on one's place in the greater scheme of things or in how the individual interprets or relates to that in some way. With a little bit of Shakespeare thrown in. Ensured lively debate. The poems she discussed or analyzed were, Another September by Thomas Kinsella, Wild Geese by Mary Oliver, Anne Hathaway by Carol Ann Duffy, Pomegranate by Eavan Boland and Quietness by Rumi. She was also commissioned to write a poem about Dunshaughlin and I'll have to chase that up.      

Poetry Exploration and Critique Workshop!

 Poetry Exploration and Critique Workshop! (Dunshaughlin)

Orla Fay is hosting a workshop on the above this Thursday night the 16th from 7 to 9pm with  details on her site (Link to the right) for anyone who is interested. This is in association with Poetry Ireland who have appointed her Poet Laureate for Dunshaughlin County Meath as part of a nationwide program which includes twenty towns in all, so if you have any interest in poetry or such you are invited to attend.

Orla is editor of the Drawn to the Light  Press and was editor of Boyne Berries for many years. Widely published and the winner of many awards she has a first collection due out from Salmon Press in the near future.