Revelations In The Quiet Carriage: Devika Brendon reviews ‘The Office Of Literary Endeavours’ by Mark Roberts’
This is a jewel of a collection, full of elemental images and resonant engagement with country, history and human feeling.
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Kedumba Gallery Poetry Reading, Wentworth Falls, Sunday 1 March.
Kedumba Gallery Poetry Reading, Wentworth Falls, Sunday 1 March.
Lisa Collyer: 4 poems from ‘Gold Digger’
Lisa Collyer is an author of two poetry collections, Gold Digger (2025) and How To Order Eggs Sunny Side Up (2023) (the latter being short-listed for The Dorothy Hewett Award), and both published with Life Before Man Books.
Music, Mechanics & Emotions: Tru S. Dowling launches ‘Chords in the Soundscapes’ by Michael J. Leach
Michael J. Leach’s poetry collection, Chords in the Soundscapes, reads as a love song to generations within a changing world, rooted in personal experience.
Vale Lionel Fogarty
Rochford Street Review was saddened to learn of the death of poet and activist Lionel Fogarty. The following tribute was posted by The Yugambeh Nation on their social media feed. It is reproduced with permission.
‘St Brigid Guides the Cartographer’s Hand’ a poem by Jean O’Brien – Brigid the Bard 2026 Supplement.
Jean O’Brien’s 6th and latest collection is Stars Burn Regardless (Salmon Poetry) 2022. She is an award winning poet and was poet in residence in September/ October 2022 in the Centre Cultural Irelandais in Paris and holds a Patrick Kavanagh fellowship.
‘Saint Brigid’s Eve’ a poem by Eileen Sheehan – Brigid the Bard 2026 Supplement.
Eileen Sheehan is from the Southwest of Ireland. One of the poems from her most recent collection, The Narrow Way of Souls (Salmon Poetry), featured on the Leaving Certificate English Syllabus. Anthology publications include Blackjack, with translations by Oana Lungu (editors Dorina Șișu and Viorel Ploeșteanu / Singur Publishing); Best Loved Poems: Favourite Poems from the South of Ireland (editor Gabriel Fitzmaurice with photographs by John Reidy/ Curragh Press) and The Deep Heart’s Core: Irish Poets Revisit a Touchstone Poem (editors Eugene O’Connell & Pat Boran/ Dedalus Press).
‘St. Brigid’s Cross’. A poem by Rachael Stanley – Brigid the Bard 2026 Supplement.
Rachael Stanley’s poems have most recently been published in Live Encounters, Flare and Drawn to the light press. She was commended twice in the Francis Ledwidge International Poetry Competition in 2019 and 2022. Her debut collection Back to Infinity was published by Revival Press, Limerick in May 2024. She lives in Dublin.
‘Brigid of the Bargain Bins’ & ‘The Song of Brigid’s Cloak’. Two poems by Catherine Ann Cullen – Brigid the Bard 2026 Supplement.
Catherine Ann Cullen was the inaugural Poet in Residence at Poetry Ireland. She is an award-winning poet, children’s writer and songwriter. Her eighth book, Storm Damage, was published by Dedalus Press in October 2025.
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