Poetry NI - News

New broadside from Pen Points Press

31/1/2020

"Call us the Bastard Wing of Europe,
   a Kneecapped Ulysses,
   Little Island Floating in its own Ennui.

Call us Goat Sacrificed By Greed,
   Undrinkable Water Found In A Stream
   Running Past a Deconsecrated Church.
   A See-Saw of Drunken Economists."

Pen Points Press has released a new broadside of five poems from Colin Dardis, launched on Friday 31st January to mark (commiserate) the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.

Much in the style of our micropress broadside, Panning For Poems, Post Brexit Blues is designed to be printed out on a double-sided A4 page and folded.

The broadside is available to download for free.

Purely Poetry returns in February

21/1/2020

After our January break, getting over the excesses of the festive season, Purely Poetry open mic is back in Crescent Arts Centre on Friday 7th February.

As always, we're eager to hear your poems, with readers of all experiences and backgrounds welcomes. Sign-up for readers is 8.10pm, with the event starting at 8.30pm.

FourXFour Issue 30

19/1/2020

"There is a gap between acceptance and happiness, between pride and self-knowledge; there is a gap, between who I am and who I aspire to be.
There is a gap, and in that gap – life is lived."

- from 'Spoken Word Seven' by Kavita Thanki

FourXFour Issue 30 is online now!

Our featured poets for this issue are Olive Broderick, Ray Givans, Nathanael O'Reilly and Kavita Thanki.

Elsewhere, we have new work from Jo Burns, Alec Solomita, Elizabeth McGeown, Howie Good, Robert Beveridge, DS Maolalaí, John L. Stanizzi, Paul Connolly, Joe Cushnan, Anita Greg, Yvonne Boyle, William Doreski, Jack e Lorts, Paul Butterfield Jr, Alison Ross, Linda McKenna, Jess Thayil, Karen Mooney, Mel Bradley and Imogen Darling.

New Panning For Poems for National Poetry Day

3/10/2019

We have a new issue of our micropoetry broadside Panning For Poems to download for National Poetry Day.

Issue Twelve features: Adrian Fox, Alison Ross, Elspeth Wilson, George Ryan, David A. Estringel, Kevin Dowling, J. Taylor Bell, Alan Summers, Agnieszka Filipe, Roisin Browne, Debbie Strange and Azeem Lateef.

Poetry NI at Music In Mind Festival video

3/10/2019

Recorded at the Music in Mind Festival, in Whitehead Library, Antrim, Poetry NI hosted showcase of poetry and spoken word back in late August.

The festival was to help raise funds for Lighthouse, the suicide awareness and prevention charity. Our featured poets were Colin Dardis, Peter Adair, Rae O'Dowd, Darren Reihill, Stephen Knox, Geraldine O'Kane and Anthony Ferguson.

Poetry NI at Bounce! Festival 2019

15/8/2019

Poetry NI and University of Atypical present an array of Belfast-based poets for a live showcase reading at this year's Bounce! Festival.

Join us on Friday 6th September, 3.30pm, at the Black Box, Belfast for an afternoon of powerful words, dazzling verse and stimulating insight from a great range of established names, slam winners and exciting new voices. This array of literary talent features:

Peter Adair
Colin Dardis
Imogen Darling
Elizabeth McGeown
Geraldine O’Kane
Rachel Spence
Patrick Taggart

Each of the poets are disabled, writing about their condition and experience of having a disability, in a wide range of voices and approaches. This is a secular and inclusive event - non-disabled audiences are welcome.

Book tickets via Eventbrite.

Music In Mind Fundraiser for Lighthouse Charity

1/8/2019

Poetry NI is having a showcase of poetry and spoken word as part of Music in Mind Festival, to help raise funds for Lighthouse, the suicide awareness and prevention charity.

Join us in Whitehead Library on Saturday 31st August, 3pm for readings from Peter Adair, Colin Dardis, Anthony Ferguson, Stephen Knox, Rae O'Dowd, Geraldine O'Kane and Darren Reihill.

Free event, donations welcome on the day. Booking essential due to limited spaces: phone Whitehead Library on 02893 353249 to reserve your place.

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