Nov 25, 2017 | news, poems, poets
The launch of the Poetry Art Exhibition 2017 takes place this Saturday 25 November at The Record Break, Ennis, Co. Clare. This is a collaboration between poets and artists primarily based in Ireland’s mid-west region. Cllr. Johnny Flynn will launch this unique...
Sep 3, 2017 | Brian Mooney, Frank Golden, Karen J. McDonnell, Knute Skinner, Mike Douse, news, Patrick Stack, poems
We are delighted to publish our first set of Poem Cards featuring poems by members of The Poetry Collective. The cards are available for free at various locations around Clare including the following two in Ennis town: Clare Museum The Record Break The cards will also...
Apr 5, 2016 | Mike Douse, poetry corner
Second Childhood Some day I’ll be a boy again And scamper through the springtime field To sow the seeds before the rain When all my wounds of age have healed. I’ll reacquaint myself with mud And trap the three-spined stickleback In Redbrick Woods beside...
Mar 29, 2016 | Martin Vernon, poetry corner
Post Office Field, Ennis Two dead trees Stand tall Washing their feet In the Fergus As it gently chuckles by No hint of life No bud No shoot No leaf Bark naked Yet life flourishes Everywhere Sustained and Invisibly tended By this stark couple Above Winter Cormorants...
Mar 8, 2016 | Frank Golden, poetry corner
The Flaggy Shore I have walked the Flaggy Shore a thousand times, ten thousand times, infinitesimally eroding fossilised crustaceans, clusters of calcified weed, delicate evidences locked in time. I lick the salt stone, and whisper to its eerie space words it will...
Mar 6, 2016 | Brendan O Beirne, poetry corner, poets
Lyric No.12 A thought flew across the sky alone. The gorgeous geometry of open windows is questioned by morning sun. A private meadow. Full forum of birds. A stream of reasons. A white wind of pages. The road prospers. Foray of friends. Sap is a style of green...
