Brian Kirk's Blog

I was delighted to be included in the Poetry Ireland Introductions series for 2013. On Saturday last I attended an all day workshop with my fellow poets, led by Alan Jude Moore, at Poetry Ireland headquarters on Kildare Street. Alan is a great poet and an excellent facilitator; he allowed everyone to have their say, but wasn’t afraid to give a frank response to poems also.

We each brought one poem to be workshopped and it was an intense and interesting day spent with a great bunch of people who just happen to be very talented poets also. This year’s Poetry Ireland Introduction Series poets are:

There will be three nights of readings in the Irish Writers’ Centre in May and I’ll post more details of same when the time gets nearer. It’s a great opportunity to have your work heard and to bring your poetry to a wider audience, so I’m absolutely thrilled to be a part of it.

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