Allen Ginsburg saw poetry as an act of exposure, “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, ...

Inspirational poems that’ll raise your spirits Thousands of years ago, humankind figured out how to transform one of our greatest inventions into infinite beauty, and language gave way to poetry ...

Other poets kindly waived fees. Irish publishers, particularly, were efficient, generous and helpful, although one did ask for €200 for one poem. I had to remove it.

Perhaps the most common and well known old Irish cure is that of using a dock leaf for a nettle sting. Rubbing the affected ...

And no one has ever captured that sort of existential fear of the brave future quite like Irish poet W.B. Yeats, who I’m fairly certain has never expressed any thoughts on a Georgia/Auburn football ...

Paul Durcan, Irish Poet of Tortured and Tender Souls, Is Dead at 80 He survived electroshock treatments and the threat of lobotomy to become one of Ireland’s most popular poets. The Irish Times ...

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How much do you know about Irish films? Can you remember any quotes from them? Take our quiz and test your knowledge! As well as producing extremely talented actors, Ireland has also produced many ...

Dubliner was author of more than 20 collections of poetry and was renowned for his electrifying poetry readings ...