Poetry

Exciting times ahead at Sandymount Community Centre 

Exciting times ahead at Sandymount Community Centre 

The Sandymount Community Centre (SCC) is buzzing with a wide range of activities these days – there is something there for everyone in our community and all are welcome! Please do drop in! Formerly known as the Iris Charles Centre

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Riding the Waves of Memory and Loss

Riding the Waves of Memory and Loss

This is the third collection of poetry by well-known Dublin poet James Conway. His previous collections were Vertebrae of Journey (2010), and The Purple Coat (2017), both which met with critical acclaim. Conway, a previous winner of the prestigious Jonathan Swift Poetry Award has a way of mesmerising with words.

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Poems and Prose from Beneath the Reek, by Jonathan Roth

Poems and Prose from Beneath the Reek, by Jonathan Roth

Jonathan Roth is a retired medical gerontologist who spends his time between Dublin and Westport, Co Mayo. In 2022 Jonathan climbed Croagh Patrick (or the Reek as it known to locals) and a few weeks later wrote a poem about his experience called “Croagh Patrick…… The Reek” (which appeared in NewsFour

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Red Line poetry competition: Now open!

Geneva Pattison This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Red Line Poetry Competition’s creation. The esteemed competition attracks hundreds of poetry submissions from across Ireland each year and this year, the award winning poet and essayst Jessica Traynor will […]

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