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Connecting Poetry and People. Funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon & The Arts Council of NI. Also @PoetryDay_IRL and @PoetryIrelandEd (Education)

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Book Cover for: Musical Tables: Poems, Billy Collins

Musical Tables: Poems

Billy Collins
Poetry IrelandPoetry Ireland

The @fishpublishing Poetry Prize is open for entries. This year's judge is Billy Collins who will select 10 poems to be published in The Fish Anthology 2023. There is also a first prize of €1,000 on offer. Entries close 31st March. Full details: https://t.co/CPZPePQ868

Paperback, 2023

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ulysses, James Joyce

Ulysses

James Joyce
Poetry IrelandPoetry Ireland

We celebrate Ulysses by James Joyce with Ulysses 2.2 and a poetic response by Harry Clifton to the question of ‘What is My Nation?’ This film was made in assoc with @anuproductions, @LandmarkIreland & @MoLI_Museum https://t.co/fDkAwq7jwb

Paperback, 1990

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Darkness of Snow, Frank Ormsby

The Darkness of Snow

Frank Ormsby
Poetry IrelandPoetry Ireland

📚Planning on squeezing in a read this weekend for #IrelandReads? Here are a couple of picks from the lovely Poetry Ireland staff - 'Poems for When You Can't Find the Words' edited by Mary Shine Thompson and 'The Darkness of Snow' by Frank Ormsby. https://t.co/LUcPmLbn57 https://t.co/elNI1G1Jlj

Paperback, 2017

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ulysses, Joyce James

Ulysses

Joyce James
Poetry IrelandPoetry Ireland

We celebrate Ulysses by James Joyce with Ulysses 2.2 and a poetic response by Harry Clifton to the question of ‘What is My Nation?’ This film was made in assoc with @anuproductions, @LandmarkIreland & @MoLI_Museum https://t.co/fDkAwq7jwb

Paperback, 2017

$25.20Member price:$12.60 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, Katherine Rundell

Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne

Katherine Rundell
Poetry IrelandPoetry Ireland

Some more recommendations from the PI team for those squeezing in a read for #IrelandReads: 'Super-Infinite. The Transformations of John Donne' by Katherine Rundell & 'The Great Hunger' by Patrick Kavanagh. Take the pledge now and get stuck in to a book! https://t.co/okUsLMjSeP https://t.co/YAyYuUPwMt

Paperback, 2023

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Savage Tales, Tara Bergin

Savage Tales

Tara Bergin
Poetry IrelandPoetry Ireland

For anyone lucky enough to be in the vicinity of Books Upstairs this evening - you won't want to miss the launch of Tara Bergin's Savage Tales at 6PM! https://t.co/bfxt9Du7b3

Paperback, 2022

$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney

Conversations with Friends

Sally Rooney
Poetry IrelandPoetry Ireland

Alison Oliver, who will appear in the lead role in the upcoming adaptation of Sally Rooney's 'Conversations with Friends', reads 'Time Passing' by Clare Dwyer Hogg for #PoetryDayIRL Thurs 28 April 2022 Join in - take part - enjoy http://www.poetryday.ie https://t.co/QSbNa211FV

Paperback, 2018

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Quiet: Poems, Victoria Adukwei Bulley

Quiet: Poems

Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Poetry IrelandPoetry Ireland

Poetry at @ILFDublin Quiet Riot: Jessica Traynor & Victoria Adukwei Bulley Date : Sat 27 May Time : 20:00 Drawing from two distinct but mutually empowering traditions, @JessicaTraynor6 & @victoriaadukwei's poetry makes new demands on the form. Book: https://t.co/TE1EWZqgl0

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Lake Isle of Innisfree: The Song of Wandering Aengus, William Butler Yeats

The Lake Isle of Innisfree: The Song of Wandering Aengus

William Butler Yeats
Poetry IrelandPoetry Ireland

OTD 1939, WB Yeats left this plane of existence. Here is @nithykasa reading "The Lake Isle of Innisfree.” Part of the @BrinkerhoffPoem's Read By series of poetry films. Directed by @MThompsonPhoto and produced in collaboration with Poetry Ireland. https://t.co/EyFPPGLZ9P

Paperback, 2018

$11.95Member price:$11.35 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Feel Free: Poems, Nick Laird

Feel Free: Poems

Nick Laird
Poetry IrelandPoetry Ireland

Poetry Ireland Review 139 ed. by Maurice Riordan is now available to order at https://t.co/L9Le4diuq6. Feat. new poems from Nick Laird, Thomas McCarty, Emily Berry, Mary Noonan and John W Sexton amongst many others. Cover 📸 by @MarkGranier https://t.co/cXNPNavNMZ

Paperback, 2019

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book