Poetry Day Ireland takes place on Thursday 28th April. Poetry related events will take place all over the country. The theme this year is “Written in the Stars”. Mountshannon Arts have four events planned to celebrate the day.
How much is our destiny decided for us… An Evening of Poetry
Under the Oak - 7pm
We will have an evening of poetry and discussion in Under the Oak Café, where we will explore the theme from the perspective of “How much is our destiny decided for us, and how much can we influence our own destiny”. We are delighted to be joined by local poet Sarah Clancy, who we have wanted to bring to Mountshannon for several years and Nqobizitha Vella, a feminist born and raised in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
The evening will take place in an informal way, where you can sip on a glass of wine, or other drink, whilst listening to, and taking part in the discussion, and if anyone would like to contribute with their own poetry, or a piece of poetry that you feel relates to the theme, then that would be very welcome.
Ticket price €10 includes a selection of Peggy’s amazing Tapas which will be available after the discussion, when we can mingle and talk further.
Sarah Clancy
Sarah Clancy is a an award winning poet, activist and community worker from Galway city although she now lives and works in County Clare. She has published three collections of poetry Stacey and the Mechanical Bull (Lapwing Belfast) Thanks for Nothing Hippies (Salmon Poetry) and The Truth and Other Stories (Salmon Poetry). She has been involved in many campaigns in Ireland over the years including campaigns for environmental justice, bodily autonomy, marriage equality, and the campaign to end direct provision.
Nqobizitha Vella
Nqobizitha Vella, a feminist born and raised in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is an author, poet, and student of Film and Screen Media at University College Cork. She came to Ireland as an asylum seeker and lived in the Direct Provision system for three years, which is where she published her first novel in Ndebele titled UMENDO SO! Nqobizitha likes to challenge the traditional African perceptions that are unfair to the girl child and the woman through storytelling. In Cork, she has worked with Goodday Cork, Fiction at the Friary, Cork City Libraries, The Soundseekers, and O’Bheal Cork Poetry Events, to name a few. She loves arts, and to her, arts give meaning to life.
Poetry Postcards written in the Stars
The imaginative pupils of Iniscealtra NS have been working with Mountshannon Arts to create Poetry Postcards for Poetry Day Ireland, Thursday April 28th 2022. These rising artistic stars have been busy drawing and painting. The children are writing their poems and the postcards will be displayed on Poetry Day. Get in touch with mountshannonpoetry@gmail.com if you would like to receive a poetry postcard to send back to the pupils.
It's Written By Our Stars
Scariff Community College Transition Year Students will host the launch of their recent publication -
Dear Reader: A Collection of Letters from People in Our Community on their Favourite Books and Poems.
The students have written to people in their community, asking them to write back sharing reflections on their “favourite” poems and books. The result is a beautiful collection of letters and reading recommendations.
Contributors to the book will read a sampling of their choices.
Booking is recommended favouritebooksandpoems@gmail.com
Poetry Day, 28th April, in Scariff Library at 1.30pm.
Flow Of Words Special Poetry Day
Shooting stars, zodiacal signs, lucky stars, philosophies, Orion's belt, meteor showers, destiny,
a super star serenades in a parish hall....
All this and more, a constellation of poets from near and far have Written in the Stars for A Flow of Words Poetry Day Ireland Special.
