White House Poetry Slide Show 28th Feb 2007

White House Poetry Revival Wed 28th Feb 2007

White House Poetry Revival
Wed. Feb 28th 2007 9.00pm

This weeks special guest poet is Gerry Murphy.

GERRY MURPHY was born in Cork in 1952. His poetry collections include A Small Fat Boy Walking Backwards (1985, 1992) and four previous collections from Dedalus, Rio de la Plata and All That (1993), The Empty Quarter (1995), Extracts from the Lost Log-Book of Christopher Columbus (1999) and Torso of an Ex-Girlfriend (2002). His poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies, and Pocket Apocalypse, his translations of the Polish poet Katarzyna Borun-Jagodzinska, appeared in 2005 from Southword Editions. End of Part One: New & Selected Poems features generous selections from all of those books together with some 30 new poems in a section entitled ‘The Psychopathology of Everyday Life’.

A political poet who also writes daring love poems, or a love poet whose portraits and parodies constitute a necessary clearing of space—whether in a small city or on a larger, global stage—either way Gerry Murphy is a particular case in Irish poetry, at once provocative and hugely entertaining, serious even in his most apparently throw-away gesture. “What makes Murphy unique among his contemporaries,” according to John Montague in a brief foreword to this selected volume, “is his curious integrity, the way he has created an aesthetic out of nearly nothing, ex nihilo. But there is much skill behind his lightness of touch...”

"This is a poet who understands rhythm and voice as he understands the complexity of human emotion."
—Fiona Sampson, The Irish Times
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Whiite House Poetry Slide Show 21st Feb 2007

White House Poetry Revival Wed 21st Feb 2007

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White House Poetry Revival
Wed. Feb 21st 2007 9.00pm


This weeks special guest poet is Máighréad Medbh.

Máighréad Medbh was born in Newcastle West, County Limerick. Since the publication of her first collection, 'The Making of a Pagan' (Blackstaff Press), in 1990, she has become widely known as a performance poet. The voice in Máighréad's poetry is consciously channeled via the body, whose senses and rhythms are the originators and interpreters of concepts. She has performed at many venues in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States, and also on the broadcast media.

Máighréad's other collections are: 'Tenant' (Salmon Publishing 1999) and 'Divas' (Arlen House, June 2003). A CD featuring her more popular pieces was produced in 2002, and is available from Odin Poetries, 121 Park Avenue, Swords, Co. Dublin. Poems have also been included in a wide range of anthologies and journals. A commissioned text for children, set to music, is to be broadcast by Lyric FM early in 2007. A new poetry collection is also in the pipeline for 2007.

The White House Poetry Revival has being going now for almost four years. Every Wednesday the famous old world bar is transformed into a centre of culture as poets recite their latest work. Barney Sheehan and Dominic Taylor , the people behind the revival of poetry at the White House, continue to attract the best of Irish and International poetry to Limerick. The White House Poets would like to acknowledge the involvement of the Arts Council, Poetry Ireland, Foras na Gaeilge, Limerick City Council and the White House Bar for their continued support that has helped make the White House one of the pre eminent venues for poetry in Ireland.As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so. Complementary finger food is provided and proceeding commence at 9.00 pm.
For Further Information contact:
Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409.
Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/Podcast: http://druidpaddy.blogmatrix.com/
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The White House Poets acknowledge the support of:

the White House Pub, the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland, Limerick City Council

White House Poetry Slide Show Feb 14th 2007

White House Poetry Revival Wed 14th Feb 2007

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White House Poetry Revival
Wed 14th Feb 2007 9.00pm

This weeks special guest poet is Liz Willows.

Liz Willows was brought up Welsh in Lancashire, defected to Yorkshire, and is now fostered in Cork, where permanent adoption seems likely. Her first collection of poetry If this is Armageddon – it’s very pretty (Bradshaw Books) was published in 2000, and her work has been also featured in Poetry Ireland Review, Cork Literary Review, Contexts Magazine, and in the anthology Common Thread – Writings by Working Class Women (Pandora, 1988), She was also published in a Microbe edition Recueil Sans Titre Pour Poems Titrés in 2001. She completed an MA in 2004 and is working on several projects including two collections of poetry with working titles of “Dodecahedron”, and “Self-help Notes for Cynics”, she is also a textile artist and takes workshops with groups from age 4 to 80 interested in banner making and associated skills. She has read at venues all over Ireland and the UK including festivals, arts centres, libraries, bookshops and conferences, pubs, clubs and street performances. Not a competition poet generally she has only ever entered two competitions; she was winner of the Room to Rhyme 1999 poetry competition at Inniskeen.

The White House Poetry Revival has being going now for three years. Every Wednesday the famous old world bar is transformed into a centre of culture as poets recite their latest work. Barney Sheehan and Dominic Taylor , the people behind the revival of poetry at the White House, continue to attract the best of Irish and International poetry to Limerick. The White House Poets would like to acknowledge the involvement of the Arts Council, Poetry Ireland, Foras na Gaeilge, Limerick City Council and the White House Bar for their continued support that has helped make the White House one of the pre eminent venues for poetry in Ireland.As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so. Complementary finger food is provided and proceeding commence at 9.00 pm.

For Further Information contact:
Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409.
Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/Podcast: http://druidpaddy.blogmatrix.com/
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The White House Poets acknowledge the support of:

the White House Pub, the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland, Limerick City Council

Anthony Daly Video on YouTube

White House Poetry Slide Show Feb 7th 2007

White House Poetry Revival Wed 7th Feb 2007

White House Poetry Revival
Wed Feb 7th 2007 9:00pm

This weeks guest poet is Anthony Daly.

Anthony Daly was born in Galway in 1979. He is currently studying Classics and History at N.U.I.G. He has been published in a Galway collection in 2003, and more recently in Xposed, a Galway based publication. He has also read in the Cuirt International Festival of Literature in the Poetry Grand Slam in 2001, 2002, and in 2006.
The White House Poetry Revival has being going now for three years. Every Wednesday the famous old world bar is transformed into a centre of culture as poets recite their latest work. Barney Sheehan and Dominic Taylor , the people behind the revival of poetry at the White House, continue to attract the best of Irish and International poetry to Limerick. The White House Poets would like to acknowledge the involvement of the Arts Council, Poetry Ireland, Foras na Gaeilge, Limerick City Council and the White House Bar for their continued support that has helped make the White House one of the pre eminent venues for poetry in Ireland.As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so. Complementary finger food is provided and proceeding commence at 9.00 pm.

For Further Information contact:

Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409.
Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/Podcast: http://druidpaddy.blogmatrix.com/

Watch Jean O Brien on YouTube

White House Poetry Slide Show Wed 31st Jan 2007