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• A Celebration of Women’s Poetry on International Women’s Day 2019

  

  Image: Srilata Krishnan Poethead has been celebrating the achievements of women writers, editors and translators for over a decade. International Women’s Day 2019 is no exception. This year I have decided to highlight the work of women poets from my international index and to introduce my readers to some new Irish poets. I am very […]

  Chris Murray

  March 1, 2019

  25 Pins in a packet women creators, Archives, Contemporary Irish Women Poets, How Words Play, International Women’s Day , Poetry, Ireland, new poetry, New Poetry From Ireland, Nomadics, Northern Irish Women Poets, poetry, Single Poems, Sites, Women Writers

  Alicia Byrne Keane, International Women’s Day, IWD2019, Lisa Ardill, Maria McManus, Rhiannon Grant, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Srilata Krishnan, Wasekera C. Banda

• “Since She Did That” and other poems by E.D. Hickey

  

  Home I rub, and RUB my eyes; Ferocious; Don’t, Don’t, sweetheart. Then the plane tips toward the cool thick Irish sea So that I can face it Gaze into it From my seat. Home! Clouds bubble over the razor wings The light jumps into my tired gaze. Home!   Steel There must be steel in […]

  Chris Murray

  January 28, 2019

  25 Pins in a packet women creators, Archives, How Words Play, new poetry, Poetry Journals, Small Books

  An Index Of Women Poets, E.D Hickey, New Poetry From Ireland, Pink Void

• ‘Reluctant Oration’ and other poems by Fiona King

  

  BIRTH The last point of the quadrant remains to be drawn, Out on the fringe of a shadowy dawn. The air is still, devoid of all sound, The raven encircles the battleground. The troops are assembled, their swords held with poise, To face the enemy engulfing his choice. He arrives with his foe, emits a […]

  Chris Murray

  February 28, 2018

  25 Pins in a packet women creators, Archives, How Words Play, Images, Indices, new poetry, Poets

  An Index Of Women Poets, Fiona King, New Poetry From Ireland