The speaker in this poem concedes that his love interest compels him to do her bidding, with the steadfastness of a stalker.

“A poem,” he said, “should be like a good pint — strong, honest, and without froth.” This is something he said in other contexts too. But let me tell you how this restless poet from Newcastle West ...

Thursday, April 23 marks UNESCO World Book Day, celebrated in Limerick with Books & Roses, presented jointly by Quay Books and the Limerick Writers’ Centre at 6.30pm. This event situates Limerick’s ...

I thought Pam was great,” Joan Armatrading says of her early lyric-writing partner, Pam Nestor. “She was totally different from me. Pam did all the things that I didn’t d ...

Ireland and much of the world turned green yesterday in celebration of the country’s patron saint, with half a million people thronging the streets of Dublin alone for this year’s St Patrick’s Day ...

In my mind's eye, for example, once the Irish learn more about Johnny Blood (aka John McNally), he could become a folk hero ...

There was music along the street. A faint, insistent melody of fiddle, pennywhistle and the muffled thump of a handheld drum ...

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, visit about County Clare, Ireland, through the lens of author and Shelter Island Reporter editor Ambrose Clancy.

The Waterfall Byway along US Highway 64 near Brevard, North Carolina, is a 98-mile journey through some of the most stunning scenery the Blue Ridge Mountains have to offer, and it won’t cost you a ...

Kerry tenor Gavan Ring spoke to David Hennessy ahead of a special St Patrick’s Day recital at London’s Wigmore Hall. Kerry opera star Gavan Ring is coming to London for a ‘special’ St Patrick’s Day ...

Science in meter and verse ...

With a nod to St. Patrick’s Day, this week’s installment celebrates memorable lines from classic Irish poems. In the five ...