Karen J McDonnell: ‘The Book’ – Bloomsday Supplement 2026
The Rochford Street Review’s 2026 Bloomsday Supplement continues with Karen J McDonnell poem ‘The Book’.
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Anne Casey: ‘ERASURE: Monumental Decision of the United States on the Ban on Books’ – Bloomsday Supplement 2026
Rochford Street Review’s 2026 Bloomsday Supplement continues with Anne Casey’s ‘ERASURE: Mounmental Decision of the United States on the Ban on Books’.
Mark Roberts: ‘Cities that are not Dublin’ – Bloomsday Supplement 2026
‘Cities that are not Dublin’ by Mark Roberts continues Rochford Street Review’s 2026 Bloomsday Supplement
Melissa Ridge: ‘Dublin Soundscape’ – Bloomsday Supplement 2026
Rochford Street Review’s 2026 Bloomsday Supplement continues with Melissa Ridge’s poem ‘Dublin Soundscape’
Mark O’Flynn: ‘If Joyce had Spellchack’ – Bloomsday Supplement 2026
The 2026 Rochford Street Review Bloomsday Supplement kicks off with Mark O’Flynn’s ‘If Joyce had Spellchack.’
A true, brave pugilistic poet: Mike Rann launches ‘Nostalgic Adelaide’ by Geoff Goodfellow
For four decades Geoff has taken his poetry and performed it in schools, prisons, youth detention centres, universities, pubs, factories, construction sites, police academies and board rooms as well as at literary festivals around Australia and overseas.
Threads that weave between poems: Emilie Collyer launches ‘Alight on all things precious’ by Sarah Rice
The multiple meanings of the title of Sarah’s beautiful collection introduces us to how playful and clever with language this book is, and also how every poem has multiple strands and potential interpretations.
Nature, myth and everyday life: Barbara Dunne reviews ‘Ballast’ By Jamie O’Halloran
O’Halloran explores the personal grief of her own losses and widens the lens to encompass loss as part of the human condition. She is generous in her compassion for the unnamed and the unknown dead.
Turning great & small events into poetry: Beatriz Copello reviews ‘Ring the Bells’ by Colleen Keating
Colleen Keating is among the most illustrious and excellent writers and poets, it was an honour for me to review her book. Beautiful, inspirational, true to life, I enjoyed reading every poem.