About Me
- Moyra
- Poet, creative writing facilitator, editor. Experienced mentor for those working towards a first collection. My publishers are Lagan Press, Belfast and Liberties Press, Dublin, who published my Selected Poems in 2012, The Goose Tree in June 2014. Blood Horses was published in 2018 from Caesura Press www.caesurapress.co.uk and a new collection, Carnivorous was published from Doire Press Spring 2019 www.doirepress.com Awarded an Arts Council of NI Major Artist Award in 2019
Monday, 1 October 2012
Workshop for National Poetry Day
I will be doing a workshop in Ballyhackamore Library, 6.45 to 8.00pm on Thursday 4th October as part of National Poetry Day. All welcome.
Catch Up
I haven't posted on here for quite a while, so thought I'd do a little catch up.
I took some time off work over the summer to give the writing a bit more space and managed to have quite a productive time. I spent a great week in Ty Newydd, the Welsh Writers' Centre in the company of a fantastic bunch of poets, including Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke. It got me really re-energised and thinking about poetry so I've been doing lots of reading and a bit of writing too. I came across a Canadian poet, M Travis Lane, that I hadn't previously read and am really enjoying her work. I've also been revisiting Tess Gallagher through her book, 'Midnight Lantern' and I've been enjoying 'Furniture' by Lorraine Mariner from Picador Poetry.
On the writing side, I've just been trying to stick with it, defy that blank page and put some words down without worrying too much about what it 'is'.
A good resource, link here http://www.writershub.co.uk/poetry.php
have a look.
Of course the highlight of the year for me has been the publication of my Selected Poems from Liberties Press http://www.libertiespress.com/
Hopefully I will have news of a launch date soon.
I've been doing some workshops; some fantastic poems from the participants at the Day Hospice, and I'm looking forward to attending a symposium in Newcastle upon Tyne next week to hear about working as a writer with people with dementia. I've also been mentoring a couple of poets working towards a first publication.
It's great to have a bit of support and critical feedback on your work, at least I find it very helpful! I've had a lot of that this summer from various sources; thank you to those poet friends who give so generously.
I took some time off work over the summer to give the writing a bit more space and managed to have quite a productive time. I spent a great week in Ty Newydd, the Welsh Writers' Centre in the company of a fantastic bunch of poets, including Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke. It got me really re-energised and thinking about poetry so I've been doing lots of reading and a bit of writing too. I came across a Canadian poet, M Travis Lane, that I hadn't previously read and am really enjoying her work. I've also been revisiting Tess Gallagher through her book, 'Midnight Lantern' and I've been enjoying 'Furniture' by Lorraine Mariner from Picador Poetry.
On the writing side, I've just been trying to stick with it, defy that blank page and put some words down without worrying too much about what it 'is'.
A good resource, link here http://www.writershub.co.uk/poetry.php
have a look.
Of course the highlight of the year for me has been the publication of my Selected Poems from Liberties Press http://www.libertiespress.com/
Hopefully I will have news of a launch date soon.
I've been doing some workshops; some fantastic poems from the participants at the Day Hospice, and I'm looking forward to attending a symposium in Newcastle upon Tyne next week to hear about working as a writer with people with dementia. I've also been mentoring a couple of poets working towards a first publication.
It's great to have a bit of support and critical feedback on your work, at least I find it very helpful! I've had a lot of that this summer from various sources; thank you to those poet friends who give so generously.
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