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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Eamon Grennan

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North Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Catch up on new writing from the #NorthSeaPoets 🌊 Off the Cuff – John Glenday on Spontaneity and Revision Read and subscribe here: buff.ly/0cz7IRn #AmReading #PoetrySky

"Spontaneity' is something I need to repeatedly tinker with or it just doesn't work." — North Sea Poets, Off the Cuff

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Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Beautiful and enigmatic poem by Rilke ..

Before Summer Rain

Suddenly, from all the green around you,
something-you don't know what-has disappeared;
you feel it creeping closer to the window,
in total silence. From the nearby wood

you hear the urgent whistling of a plover,
reminding you of someone's Saint Jerome:
so much solitude and passion come
from that one voice, whose fierce request the downpour

will grant. The walls, with their ancient portraits, glide
away from us, cautiously, as though
they weren't supposed to hear what we are saying.

And reflected on the faded tapestries now;
the chill, uncertain sunlight of those long
childhood hours when you were so afraid.

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Circling The Square @circlingpoetry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@thegallerypress.bsky.social Gallery Press poets, Molly Twomey and Vona Groarke will read at this year's CIrcling The Square.

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Circling The Square @circlingpoetry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The full line-up for this year's Circling The Square. Book now or regret it when you hear how good it was! Tickets available @sourcearts.bsky.social

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here beneath high rocks The gatherers of leaves, with cheerful songs Fill the high winds. Meanwhile thy turtle doves And hoarse wood pigeons from the lofty elms Make endless moan Virgil, Eclogue 1

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HOWL New Irish Writing @howlwriting.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Six more sleeps until the HOWL 26 launch! We'd love to see you there 🐺 Tuesday, 6th October, 6:30pm at @waterstones.bsky.social Cork City

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Sasha Dugdale @sashadugdale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

After Rilke’s sudden death at the end of 1926, Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva wrote two works addressed to Rilke that sit among the great European modernist poems. You can read my translations of them and a creative essay in Tsvetaeva ‘27 @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Submissions for issue 23 (spring/summer 2027) are now open until 31 October! We’re looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays 🎃 bansheepress.org/submit

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Submit — Banshee Press

Submissions are open from 1\u201331 October 2026 for issue 23 (spring/summer 2027)

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

✨ Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann and The New Hibernia Review present The Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award Reading at Dublin Book Festival with awardee Mark Roper. ✨ 📅5th Nov 🕛7:30pm 📍Poetry Ireland 🎫 €8 🔗https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/lawrence-oshaughnessy-award-reading-tickets-2000150248235

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lovely feedback from my ss on The Cord last night 'It's so tender' 'She says 'you' she's speaking for all mothers' 'Did you notice there r 17 stanzas, and her daughter wld leave at 18?' 'First the daughter gulps, and then the mum.' 'It cld be a metaphorical fog' 'She's letting go for a second time'

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HOWL New Irish Writing @howlwriting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

HOWL New Irish Writing 26 launches on Tuesday, October 6th, 6:30 pm at the wonderful Waterstones, Cork. We'd love if you could be with us to help celebrate this beautiful book being released into the wild.

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Again and again the leaves / enact their beauty Marianne Boruch

Over the Twilight Street

Fall. And the boys are cold, without jackets the football their milkweed pod
bursting over the twilight street. They jump and release themselves, crying
like birds. Hours from the morning fog
the air is chilled good water
taken from a stream
with a cupped hand. They can barely keep themselves inside their bodies, vivid as light
through leaves, though now the leaves
have their own lifetime to consider
pressing back
into trance: a red brilliance
which listens for no one, an iridescence too complete to translate. I bike by them the football spinning above me,
a blurred planet. Boys who will be men, boys who will be taken by surprise by failure. Again and again the leaves enact their beauty.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Twelve poets walk into a bookshop... unfortunately, I can’t remember the punchline because I stopped to read Seamus Heaney. Come for Heaney, Walcott, Sassoon and Rupi Kaur. Stay to see who else is on the Secondhand shelves ... there seems to be a great need for poetry right now

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Dr. Eleanor Hooker FLS @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wonderful launch this evening of Issue 64 of #Crannóg magazine in the Crane Bar in Galway. My thanks to editors Tony O’Dwyer, Geraldine Burke and Jarlath Fahy for publishing my poem ‘Elegy: for my mother’ #poetry

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The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A reminder that next weekend, Ciarán O’Rourke will be reading from his new #poetry collection ‘Prophetstown’: - at 3pm on Sat 3 Oct, Galway Westside library (@poetryireland.bsky.social) - & at 2pm on Sun 4 Oct, @booksupstairs.bsky.social📚 All welcome! booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l...

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And now for some good news: "Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023." www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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Public library visits increased by two million nationwide

Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years, new figures show as National Public Libraries Open Day takes place nationwide.

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

God of this mountain, May you be kind enough To show me your face Among the dawning blossoms? Bashō

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Lauren O’Donovan @laurenodonovanw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looking forward to reading at the Kinsale Literary Festival on Oct 1st, Daltons bar at 7:30, alongside fabulous emerging and established writers organized by the equally fabulous Matthew Geden. www.wordsbywater.ie/event/right-...

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rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm at Kilmore Quay Write by the Sea festival on Sunday! Hope to see you there.

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Liam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Léiriú haiku amuigh faoin aer i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla agus rannpháirtíocht an phobail ann. Join us for a haiku reading in Irish and English with Liam Carson – featuring a gingko, or haiku walk, in which the audience will be invited to compose their own haiku.

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Trí Mhionlíne / Three Little Lines - Dublin Book Festival

Join a bilingual Irish and English haiku walking tour with Liam Carson

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Breda Spaight @bredaspaight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It would be great to see you there - pop it in your diary.

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short. Thoreau

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sea weeds under water movement

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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Brilliant Speakeasy at Phili Grimes pub last night. With some amazing readings by @martinadalton.bsky.social from her poetry collection, Midnight at the Salt Marsh, published by @thegallerypress.bsky.social Also poets, Ger Duffy, @billyfenton.bsky.social and Elaine Westnott O’Brien.

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Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This will be quite the event.

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Martina Dalton @martinadalton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This Friday night! 💫💫 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Rachel Handley 🏳️‍🌈 @rachelahandley.com · 08/09/2026

I'll be reading a short story as part of the Doors Into The Dark event dedicated to weird & wonderful fiction on 26th September at The Seamus Heaney Centre (Queen's University Belfast). Organised by @theactualemma.bsky.social and Niall McKenna. Tickets: www.seamusheaneycentre.com/Events/Doors...

A green poster with an illustration of a crow which reads "The Seamus Heaney Centre, Doors Onto The Dark: A Day of Weird Fiction, Saturday 26th September 2026".

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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Coming up at Dublin Book Festival. If you like smart, intriguing historical fiction, come along! @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In case you missed Hannah's Bookshelf on Saturday and would like to catch up, here's the link: www.mixcloud.com/Hannahs_Book... In the second half Hannah kindly reviewed my new collection Blurred Edges @sigelliterarypress.bsky.social

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Hannah's Bookshelf Pick And Mix - 05/09/2026

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Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Dublin Book Festival is one of the best and brightest literary festivals on the island—and it's celebrating TWENTY YEARS this year! 🥳👏🍾 The 2026 programme has just been released, so you can snap up your tickets here🔥: dublinbookfestival.com/explore-the-... @dublinbookfest.bsky.social #dbf26

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Excited to be talking translation of endangered & minoritised language poetry with Robin Munby & Alanna Offield this November at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ! Thanks so much to Skein Press & my wonderful editors there for their support. dublinbookfestival.com/event/sound-...

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Sound and Silence: The Poetics of Lesser-Known Languages - Dublin Book Festival

Join us at Dublin Book Festival 2026 for a fascinating discussion around the art of translating from Indigenous and minoritised languages

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live. Yeats

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dark vertical abstract cloud
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Liam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A haiku reading in Irish and English with Liam Carson, author of Belfast Twilight (Salmon Poetry) – featuring a gingko in which the audience will be invited to compose haiku. Beidh ginko ann, agus iarrfar ar an lucht féachana a gcuid haiku féin a chumadh. dublinbookfestival.com/event/tri-mh...

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Trí Mhionlíne / Three Little Lines - Dublin Book Festival

Join a bilingual Irish and English haiku walking tour with Liam Carson

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waterford rhyme @waterfordrhyme.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"Duanaire - collected waterfords" is available now - go to waterfordrhyme.com/#buyduanaire for a buy button. #waterfordrhyme #poetrysky #poetry #poetrycommunity #PoetsOnBluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #spéirghorm #micropoetry #anthology #poetryanthology #poetrycollection

Image of the book cover for "Duanaire - collected waterfords" - edited by Kevin MacAlan and published by West Waterford Press. Black text on a mid-blue background. The front cover image (colour photograph by Kevin MacAlan) is a view looking out towards the sea across sand, with the coast on the horizon in the distance.

Text on the back covers reads: In your hands is a collection of over 300 waterfords penned by more than 90 poets from all around the world. The waterford, now frequently called "the Irish haiku" has become a global sensation. It is a positive poem of 4 lines, 8-4-4-8 syllables, the fourth line rhyming with the first, and the third line rhyming with the second. Deceptively simple. The waterford's versatility is one of its great attractions, not only to read, but also to write. Only 24 syllables, and 800 years younger then both the limerick and the haiku, the waterford is already finding its place.

Waterford Rhyme

The waterford is hard to write,
you have to count
the right amount
of syllables and lines; it's tight.

"Move over limerick, the waterford is here!" Waterford News and Star
"It really does roll off the tongue easier than a limerick." Kyle Butler, WLR FM
"Unlike the mean limerick, the waterford is all about being nice!" Dungarvan Leader

Available now - go to waterfordrhyme.com/#buyduanaire for a buy button

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HOWL New Irish Writing @howlwriting.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

HOWL is beyond honoured to be invited to present a fiction showcase at the Cork International Short Story Festival 2026. Friday, October 16th, from 2:30pm at Cork City Library. www.corkshortstory.net/friday.html

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The Cork International Short Story Festival, produced by the Munster Literature Centre

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Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“The true and durable path into and through experience, involves being true … to your own solitude, true to your own secret knowledge.” Seamus Heaney.

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Love loves to love love. James Joyce, Ulysses

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In the woodlands with spirits and trees
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Dublin Review of Books @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

'After dinner I read him to sleep. Worked at unripping. Gizzards and mutton. Rhubarb and gooseberry pie. Copied the Leech-gatherer for Coleridge. Finished the mattrass. Pulled a basket of peas. Helped Aggy Fleming to quilt a petticoat.' Vona Groarke's 'Dove Cottage'. drb.ie/article/dove-cottage/

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Martina Dalton @martinadalton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Really looking forward to this! It would be lovely to see you there!❤️📖🎶🎤 @thegallerypress.bsky.social

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Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Next SpeakEasy Open Mic with special guest @martinadalton.bsky.social is on Sept 11 at 8pm. Martina is a poet from Tramore, and her debut collection Midnight at the Salt Marsh was recently published by The Gallery Press. Music by Kieran Joy & and Open Mic.

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

RIP Wendell Berry. I've thought about this poem. 'Our Real Work', a lot since starting on Confluence with @julietgutch It reminds me of Paul Valéry : “Une difficulté est une lumière. Une difficulté insurmontable est un soleil." : “A difficulty is a light. An insurmountable difficulty is a sun”.

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The highest that we can attain to is not Knowledge, but Sympathy with Intelligence. Thoreau

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