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This Poem Can ... E.R Murray
I am from Ireland, Anonymous, translated from the Medieval English by Lucinda Jacob
The Mystery, attributed to Amergin Glúingel, translated by Douglas Hyde
We Are, Michelle Dunne
Snowdrops, Katie Donovan
Nightboarder, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan
Horse, Catherine Ann Cullen
The Blackbird of Belfast Lough, Ciarán Carson
Int Én Bec, Anonymous
The Blackbird of Belfast Lough, Frank O'Connor
On the Ning Nang Nong, Spike Milligan
Giraffe, Aislinn and Larry O'Loughlin
Hedgehog, Moya Cannon
Leaf-eater, Thomas Kinsella
To a Squirrel at Kyle-Na-No, W.B Yeats
The Song of the Whale, Leland Bardwell
The Great Blue Whale, Kerrie Hardie
This Moment, Eavan Boland
Overconfident, Maria Quirke
At Shankill Beach, Moya Cannon from A Skimming Stone, Lough Bray, David Wheatley
Metal Tide, Polina Cosgrove
Scallywaggin', Rachel Hegarty
In Summer, Gabriel Fitzmaurice
Outside in Summer, Lucinda Jacob
Nearer Home, Vona Groarke
The Recipe for Happiness, Grace Wells
Friends, Monika Nowakowska
An Drama Scoile/ School Play, Áine Ní Ghlinn
Pangur Bán, Anonymous, translated by Robin Flower
Ní gá/ Without, Gabriel Rosenstock
Three Wishes, Geraldine Mitchell
Smugairle Róin/ Jellyfish (or Seal’s Snot), Réaltán Ní Leannáin
Earth Whispers, Julie O'Callaghan
Summer Yearn, Eithne Hand
Praise, Jane Clarke
Blackberry Picking, Seamus Heaney
Blackberry Feast, Margot Bosonnet
Our Exercise for Today, Pat Ingoldsby
Finding my space, Carol Boland
Surnames, Polina Cosgrave
Leaving Gdańsk Główny, from The Weight of Water, Sarah Crossan from Maude, Enthralled, Doireann Ní Ghríofa
The Jellyfish’s Tongue Twister, Gordon Snell
Ar Iarraidh …/ Escaped ... , Gabriel Rosenstock
Worms Can't Fly, Aislinn and Larry O'Loughlin
All the Dogs, Matthew Sweeney
The Old Woman of the Roads, Pádraic Colum
Girl in a Rope, Brendan Kennelly
I'll Tell My Ma, Traditional
Molly Malone, Traditional
He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, W.B Yeats
March, Freda Laughton
Pumpkinhead, Julie O'Callaghan
Hallowe'en, Michael Longley
Visitor, Nessa O'Mahoney
Symphony in Yellow, Oscar Wilde
Ar Strae sa Chloigeann/ Astray in the Head, Máire Zepf
Little Jenny, Gerry Hanberry
The Wind that Shakes the Barley, Katharine Tynan
A Vole Poem, Linda McGrory
Pug, Nick Laird
WUFF, Gabriel Rosenstock
A Very Short Writing Course, Pat Ingoldsby
Taking My Pen for a Walk, Julie O'Callaghan
Dolphin, Catherine Ann Cullen from The Deepest Breath, Meg Grehan
When Your Baby Sister Asks You if She’s Pretty, Nikita Gill
Bird, Lucinda Jacob
Musha Mammy, Chrissy Ward
Lá na bPeataí/Pets' Day, Áine Nī Ghlinn
Puppy Love, Annette Reddy
Irish Elk, Catherine Phil MacCarthy
What the Deer Said, Mark Roper
Stuff, Derek Mahon from Stuck Indoors, Enda Wyley
The Sloth, Anne McDonnell
The Sloth's Snooze, Gordon Snell
Tree Sloth, Mark Granier
The Coal Jetty, Sinéad Morrissey
My Ship, Christy Brown
A Boy, Matthew Sweeney
Exploring, Margot Bosonnet
Umbrella, Ruth Ennis
A Bit of Free Verse, Alan Murphy
The Cat and the Moon, W.B. Yeats
On Finding a Dead Rat in the Living Room, Paul Ó Colmáin
All Day I Hear the Noise of Waters, James Joyce from A Calm, Adelaide O'Keefee from Moon-Light, Adelaide O'Keefee
The Honesties, Dave Lordan
Ocean Song, E.R. Murray
My Best Friend's A Monster, Nigel Quinlan
on o'connell bridge, Rafael Mendes
Beans on Toast, Zainab Boladale
Out and Back, Lucinda Jacob
Everything is Going to be All Right by Derek Mahon
Cat's Eye, David Butler
Merrion Square, James Stephens
When you Walk, James Stephens
Goat III, Eva Bourke
Fox, Leanne O'Sullivan
I Like being a Frog, Sian Quill
My Delicious Hat, Paul Timoney
I Love these Hands, Queva Zheng
The Lion King, Joseph Woods
You Don't Know What War Is, Yeva Skalietska
Wake, Ciarán Carson
Winter in Inis Meáin Louise C.Callaghan
The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B Yeats
Changin Hosses Dave Lordan
The Pony's Eyes, Tony Curtis
In a Dublin Museum, Sheila Wingfield
The Standing Army Paula Meehan from Ode, Arthur O'Shaughnessy
93 Percent Stardust, Nikita Gill
