You have heard it said, that poetry is dead (begob, I could be a poet yet!), but Ryan Duggins has proved that statement wrong with his...

Welcome to our seventh poet profile! Here, we'll be looking at Glen Wilson's poem The Grey Mare is the Better Horse, the eight track on...

Welcome to another poet profile! In this one, we'll be looking at the work another winner of the Luain Press Poetry Album competition,...

Paul atten Ash is the pen name of Worcester-born poet Paul Nash, who lives in the West Country with his family. His poetry has been...

Welcome to our fifth poet profile! This time we look at Greg Beatty and his winning poem Burning a Witch which was read by Hardy Bucks...

Welcome to our third poet profile! In this article we'll be looking at Claire Hampson and her poem Scar Tissue - the fourth track of 11...

Welcome to the second of our poet profiles! Gregory Patrick's poem Probably was chosen to be the third track on the 11 Whispers album....

Welcome to the first of our poet profiles! Here, we will look at the winners behind the poems of the 11 Whispers album. Our first winner,...

There is a pluripotency to the word “press” – it can mean a lot of things. You can press down on something; press it in a certain...

Definition: hush (used to demand silence). I was discussing the etymology of the word “whisht” recently with a source that I believe to...

Definition: A butcher. Also a term for a person providing or selling food or other provisions. There’s an awful shortage of hen’s teeth...

Poetry is meant to be heard, not just read. Rather than just presenting your poem in print, 10 winning poems will be read out by a...

Definition: a cause of great trouble or suffering. Hello all, I hope ye are having a good week, are rested, and are in good health. I...

Congratulations to German poet, Christina Hennemann for her winning poem Party Politics. Christina is the author of the poetry collection...

Below is the cover of Lee Sheridan's St George's Day. Set over a single work shift, the story is set in the author's hometown of Maynooth and is loosely based on his experiences of working in a supermarket. St George's Day cover The novella was launched on the 7th of August in 2022 in Sweny's Pharmacy on Lincoln Place, a location featured in chapter 5 of Joyce's Ulysses. Sheridan, who is a devout Joycean and a loyal customer of the pharmacy (now a Joyce memorabilia store) was