April is Poetry Month in Limerick present “Resolving his Poetic Crisis: Michael Hartnett’s Ritualistic Divorce from An Spéirbhean” – An examination of Michael Hartnett’s extraordinary poem, “A Falling Out”, where he casts aside the Muse Goddess in order to move forward in the poetry of his final years. The People’s Museum of Limerick, 2 Pery...
Which leads me to remind you that there are only three sleeps left before I present “The Well of Annihilation: Poetry Magic and Pagan Reconstructionism for Our Turbulent Times” – A performative essay and poetry sequence demonstrating the concepts of Poetry Magic, Poetry Spellcasting, Ritual Word Constructs, and Myth Channeling as an active agent for...
The ‘First Wednesday Series’ continues in 2025 with special guest poet John W. Sexton. John W. Sexton was born in 1958 and identifies with the Munster Aisling tradition. His work spans vision poetry, contemporary fabulism, experimentalism and tangential surrealism. He is the author of eight poetry collections, the three most recent being Futures Pass (Salmon...
Poetry Day Ireland – Poetry from the Deep Mind
Thursday 27 April, 7.30pm The People’s Museum of Limerick, 2 Pery Sq., Limerick Tickets: Free Poetry from the Deep Mind: A Poetry Reading and Presentation by John W. Sexton. A performative examination of the Aisling/Vision Poem from the perspective of a 21st century Irish poet. John W. Sexton identifies with the Munster Aisling poetry tradition,...
