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Matthew Geden. Photograph: Dedalus Press Poem of the week: Murmuration
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A new work by Matthew Geden

Poet Colette Bryce Poem of the week: 21 Westland Row by Colette Bryce
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Robert Mugabe in 2016. Photograph: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images Hero: a poem about Robert Mugabe by Kevin Higgins

Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe New Irish Writing winning poem, August 2019: Luna
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A poem by Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe

Swedish environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images Poem of the week: Seed (for Greta Thunberg)
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A new work by Pat Boran

Poet Peter Sirr. Photograph: Credit Kevin Honan Poem of the week: The Now Slice
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A new work by Peter Sirr

Poet Moya Roddy Poem of the week: Gunk
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A work by Moya Roddy

Lani O’Hanlon Poem of the week: A Note on the Edge
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A poem by Lani O’Hanlon

‘When a train passes I crouch down on the embankment/to watch the uniform black stars raining on the ballast’ Photograph: iStock Poem of the week: Pigment
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A work by Sasha Dugdale

Poem of the week: Kiss
  • Ciaran O’Driscoll

A new work by Ciaran O’Driscoll

Poet Simon Costello. Photograph: William Snellbaker New Irish Writing: How to Sell a Pair of Runners and An Tástáil
  • Simon Costello

July 2019’s winning poems by Simon Costello

Buzz Aldrin (L) on the moon, July 20th, 1969. Photograph: Reuters/Neil Armstrong/NASA/ Poetry: 20 July 1969 AD by Eamon Lynskey
  • Eamonn Lynskey

A new work to mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing

Orla Fay Poem of the week: The Natural Order
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A poem by Orla Fay

‘I start the year with care for what is small’ Poem of the week: The Natural Order
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A new poem by Orla Fay

Dolores Stewart Poem of the week: Kaddish
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By Dolores Stewart

Vincent Woods. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times Poem of the Week: Pledge
  • Vincent Woods

A poem by Vincent Woods

Darren Donohue New Irish Writing: June 2019’s winning poems
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Seagulls and Prayer by Darren Donohue

Eamon McGuinness Poem of the week: A Plumber in Aleppo
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A new poem by Eamon McGuinness

Frank McGuinness getting the Ulysses medal at UCD. Photograph:Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times Poems of the week: ‘Cedar and Elm’ and ‘Moon’
  • Frank McGuinness & Carmen Bugan

New work by Frank McGuiness and Carmen Bugan

Gabrielle Alioth is a Swiss writer living in Ireland. Poem of the week: The Book Keeper’s Daughter
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From The Poet’s Coat by Gabrielle Alioth

Richard Ford. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons Poem of the week: To Richard Ford beyond in America
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A poem by Gerald Dawe

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Henry McDonald’s language succeeds in capturing the aggressive angularity of punk, its blunt refusal. File photograph: Virginia Turbett/Redferns Two Souls: Paramilitary and punk the divergent paths of Troubles youth
Malcolm Gladwell: His latest book tackles many diverse and ‘charged’ issues such as the Amanda Knox trial to the scandal of convicted coach Larry Nassar. Photograph: Conor McCabe Photography Talking to Strangers: Malcolm Gladwell at his best
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Illustration: Brendon Deacy Deus Absconditus, a short story by Mary Costello
The agency that arranges for holy shows like me to hide out with a pious family until the baby has been quietly born and adopted by another Catholic family gave me a choice of available hosts: a farming family in Cavan or an Irish-American family in Connecticut Transatlantic Railroad, a short story by Mary M Burke
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Henry McDonald’s language succeeds in capturing the aggressive angularity of punk, its blunt refusal. File photograph: Virginia Turbett/Redferns Two Souls: Paramilitary and punk the divergent paths of Troubles youth
A view of the interior of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh in 2016. Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Contested Identities of Ulster Catholics: trying to capture a community on the move
Malcolm Gladwell: His latest book tackles many diverse and ‘charged’ issues such as the Amanda Knox trial to the scandal of convicted coach Larry Nassar. Photograph: Conor McCabe Photography Talking to Strangers: Malcolm Gladwell at his best
President of Fifa Gianni Infantino, Russian president Vladimir Putin and French president Emmanuel Macron during the award ceremony following the World Cup final match in Moscow last year. Photograph: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty The Age of Football: The ugly side of the beautiful game
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New poetry

Matthew Geden. Photograph: Dedalus Press Poem of the week: Murmuration
Poet Colette Bryce Poem of the week: 21 Westland Row by Colette Bryce
Robert Mugabe in 2016. Photograph: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images Hero: a poem about Robert Mugabe by Kevin Higgins
Shelved: a selection of books by Irish women writers. Might some of these names figure in the final 12?
Women writers Putting Irish women writers back in the picture
 
Roddy Doyle’s Fighting Words Celebrating 10 years of young Irish writing
 

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