Karen J McDonnell: ‘The Book’ – Bloomsday Supplement 2026
The Rochford Street Review’s 2026 Bloomsday Supplement continues with Karen J McDonnell poem ‘The Book’.
Karen J. McDonnell
‘Among the Reeds’ a poem by Karen J McDonnell — Brigid the Bard Supplement
Karen J McDonnell’s writing is widely published and anthologised, including The Poetry Bus, Peaceweavers Anthology (Culture Matters, UK), Washing Windows V, Fire (Arlen House), Vital Signs (Poetry Ireland), Romance Options (Dedalus Press), New Isles Press 2, Skylight 47, Crannóg, The Stony Thursday, The Cormorant, The Galway Review, The North, and New Irish Writing.
Karen J McDonnell. 4 Poems from ‘Tidal’
Karen J McDonnell lives in the Burren, in the West of Ireland. Her writing in several genres has been published in many countries in anthologies and journals.
The crunch, the rhyme, the echo: Kate Ennals launches ‘Tidal’ by Karen J McDonnell
I can feel Karen’s notions swirl about in all her poems. Each stanza is like a stork landing a bag of words to shape and make a coherent form from a dream or a thought. I like how each poem makes sense of a thought and brings it to life.