New Irish Writing’s winning poetry entry for April 2025 Paul McMahon, April 2025's selection for New Irish Writing poetry Paul is from Belfast and lives in Clonakilty. He was awarded the Keats ...

So I started to call myself Lyrical. I was beating some of my peers in clashes just by writing poetry and I decided to start recording music. That’s when I changed my name to Ayetian,” the 20 ...

Ever thought about writing a poem? Why not take the leap ... On a cold day, around a decade ago, I spent the day at a poetry festival. I was there with a group of my contemporaries, all poets ...

Ever thought about writing a poem? Why not take the leap ... Anne Enright and Paul Muldoon talk poetry and prose A poem is much the same. You might read your own offering, and then become hobbled ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - An event will be held next week as a joint effort between the New Hanover County Arboretum and Cooperative Extension and UNCW creative writing students. Poetry at the ...

Southport Police Department officers responded to a home on W. 11th Street near Caswell Ave. on Sunday, April 27, due to an approximately 12-14- foot alligator. “My favorite part is seeing people out ...

I had much to learn and joined writing groups to practice using alliteration, metaphor, simile, rhythm, and rhyme. I thought my purpose would be to create poetry through narratives, use wordplay ...

Poetry allows you to play with that distortion. When I started off writing poetry, a lot of it was about history and these things that are unspeakable and deeply human and also easily forgettable.

This is exactly what I look for in reading poetry and writing my own. While I never use my patients’ words in my writing, I listen for a genuine diction, and it’s a genuine diction that I ...

There is an abundance of learning materials online from YouTube and organizations like Poetry in America, Coursera, and Masterclass, as well as special offerings for April. 5. Give yourself permission ...