Home – Maurice Devitt

Home

A past winner of the Trocaire/Poetry Ireland and Poems for Patience competitions, he published his debut collection, ‘Growing Up in Colour’, with Doire Press in 2018. Curator of the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies site, his Pushcart nominated poem, ‘The Lion Tamer Dreams of Office Work’, was the title poem of an anthology published by Hibernian Writers in 2015. His second collection ‘Some of These Stories are True’ is due from Doire in 2023.  

The Tremendous Legislator’s Son Is Missing – Michael Conley

The Tremendous Legislator’s Son Is Missing

Michael Conley is a poet from Manchester, UK. His poetry has been Highly Commended in the Forward Prize. His latest pamphlet, “These Are Not My Dreams And Anyway Nothing Here Is Purple” was published by Nine Pens in 2021.

It started with a hiss in 1993 – Abeer Ameer

It started with a hiss in 1993

Abeer Ameer’s poems have appeared widely in publications including: Acumen, Poetry Wales, Planet and The Rialto. She is a member of poetry performance group, The Spoke. Her debut poetry collection, Inhale/ Exile, in which she shares stories of her Iraqi heritage, was published by Seren in February 2021.

Hero rat Magawa – Julian Dobson

Hero rat Magawa

Note: Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, located more than 100 landmines and other unexploded weaponry over five years working for the charity APOPO in Cambodia. He died in 2022.

Julian Dobson’s work has been published in print and online journals, most recently in ShearsmanPennine Platform and Ink, Sweat & Tears. He lives in Sheffield.

Daybed – Ed Roffe

Daybed

Ed Roffe has been published in Lighthouse and Dear Reader. He recently concluded his MA in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes, and continues to live and write in the city of dreaming spires while working at the city’s other university.