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    Sparks of the Everyday: Poetry Ireland Introductions 2022
    Sparks of the Everyday: Poetry Ireland Introductions 2022
    Sparks of the Everyday: Poetry Ireland Introductions 2022
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    Sparks of the Everyday: Poetry Ireland Introductions 2022

    By Anthony Anaxagorou

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    Sparks of the Everyday: Poetry Ireland Introductions 2022 is an anthology of poetry from Poetry Ireland, the national poetry organisation. This anthology features the very best of Ireland's emerging poets for 2022, as chosen by Anthony Anaxagorou, award-winning poet, essayist, publisher, and poetry educator, along with renowned Irish-language poet Aifric Mac Aodha. In addition to a pair of superb poems, each poet provides an insightful prose piece on poetry, or on life, or on the overlap between poetry and life. Featuring Róisín Leggett Bohan, Meg Mulcahy, Pádraig Ó Cuinneagáin, Helen Fallon, Karson Lafferty, Caitríona Lane, K.S. Moore, Charles Lang, Art Ó Súilleabháin, Patrick Hopkins, Amy Abdullah Barry, Brian Ó Tiomáin, Phil Kingston, Jess McKinney, and HK Ní Shioradáin, along with author photos plus a superb cover image from artist Geraldine O'Neill. Quality poems and prose from Poetry Ireland: connecting poetry and people.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPoetry Ireland
    Release dateDec 1, 2021
    ISBN9781902121918
    Sparks of the Everyday: Poetry Ireland Introductions 2022

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