Shay Collins from Poetry Aloud, our annual poetry speaking competition open to all post-primary students on the island of Ireland, in partnership with the National Library of Ireland and University College Cork, had the opportunity to say their chosen poem, Anseo by Paul Muldoon at The Globe Theatre in London as part of Poetry by Heart Thanks to Poetry By Heart, our sister competition in the UK for inviting us to attend. | Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann

6.9K views · 53 reactions | The NLI is delighted to host a series of literary events throughout the month of June. The programme will be headlined by the annual Joseph Hassett Yeats Lecture, taking place at 7pm on Monday, 13th June. This lecture will be delivered by Ireland Professor of Poetry 2013-2016, Paula Meehan. To book a place, email learning@nli.ie. | National Library of Ireland | Facebook

If the Royal Festival Hall was a poem 💛 Erica Hesketh from National Poetry Library's New Poets Collective 2023-24 shares her poem Centrepiece in honour of the Royal Festival Hall, which was built as the centrepiece to the Festival of Britain in 1951 See the full scope of what we do at the Southbank Centre with our new season programme announcement: https://southbankc.re/4etnG9J ---- 📝 ABOUT THE POET: Erica Hesketh is a poet, editor and events producer, originally from Japan and Denmark, now ba