poetrybeat

April is National Poetry Month in the US and beyond and sees the celebration of Ireland's own National Poetry Day on the 28th, with events and readings around the country, over and above the usual poetry news happenings. Let's dive in!…

With literary festival season kicking off in earnest in March, there's plenty of action on the poetry scene around Ireland this month, so let's get to it - you'd be mad as a March hare to miss out! Ennis Book Club Festival (4-6 March)…

It's February. We did it! We're past St. Brigid's Day, out of the winter woods and officially on the road to Spring. Brrr. But also - Hurrah! With the grand long stretch this brings in the evenings (Um, it's about 15 minutes - Ed.), you'll…

Happy New Year! Bells have been jingled, eggs have been nogged - Christmas is boxed up, back in the attic - and we reluctantly return to the daily grind that is January. But, despite the weather, it isn't all doom and gloom. Poetrybeat…

The clocks have gone back, the central heating's on and you've just recovered from the Halloween nom-noms sugar-induced coma. Hello... it must be time for November Poetrybeat! Winter is, indeed, coming. But that's no reason to go into…

September is back with a vengeance, traffic is worse, kids have disappeared into their schooling and we’re all in need of a little poetry. So we’re here to give it to you. The summer might be over, but there are still all sorts of poems to…

August is mad for the poems, mad for them. It was almost impossible to choose what to feature,  with stellar line-ups popping up all over the country. I couldn’t possibly mention everything, so these are just a few of the highlights. If you…

This month is going to be mad. Poets don't do summer holidays, they do poetry and this July is no exception. So get yourself to a poetry event, read a poem, write a poem, get jiggy with a damn poem. Here's July's poetrybeat round up to show…

Things are chugging along nicely at Poetrystuff. We’ve lots of new things coming up this month: a stellar piece on some romantics, we’re meeting Colm Keegan, there’s some phenomenal Poems of the Week and a new feature called Poetrylust…

It seems like poetry just keeps happening and this month is no exception. So sit down and peruse the poetrybeat as I highlight a few of the MANY beautiful word things happening this May.  LINGO are looking for you… Yep, it’s a bit…