Patricia Briody, Creative Ireland; poet John Ennis; Noel Monahan, editor of Chasing Shadows; and Shelley Corcoran, Creative Ireland Longford. Contemporary poetry showcased in new anthologyA new anthology featuring 'poetry for the times' from artists across the Midlands and further afield, ‘Chasing Shadows’, launched on August 19, in The Green, Edgeworthstown. Published by Lapwing Publications, the idea for the anthology, funded by Creative Ireland Longford, is to showcase contemporary national and international poets. “Noel Monaghan selected the poetry for the anthology blind, he didn’t know any names, and we had works come into us from all across the midlands and the island of Ireland. Award winning Westmeath poet, John Ennis, who has edited the Poetry Ireland Review and served on the board of Poetry Ireland for eleven years, as well as co-editing three anthologies, says Chasing Shadows is a “miscellany of poetry”, of which his own poem 'Bester' is one.

Source: Irish Independent September 08, 2022 04:08 UTC