1 Jan 2022
"That frozen landscape": @KathySholtys with a first #PoetryPrompt poem on the prompt of #start. Thanks Kathy! Watch this space for a new start next week! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
31 Dec 2021
Just finding this creative community @tarryathome #poetryprompt for #start Such a wonderful idea. Happiest of New Year's to you!
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31 Dec 2021
"It felt like the end": @LiamPort is back with his positive take on this week's #PoetryPrompt of #start. Thanks Liam for all the great photos and the upbeat poems! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
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30 Dec 2021
"Be it weight loss or workouts or art": @billycraven2 with a series of limericks on this week's #PoetryPrompt of #start, and the obstacles in our way. You know us so well, Billy! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
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30 Dec 2021
"There wasn't oodles of money": @RainbowNation5 of @GroupsFatima Poetry Vigilantes on the #PoetryPrompt of #gift. Thanks for all the fabulous poems, Richie! Still have some to post in next few days! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
29 Dec 2021
@tarryathome
@poetryireland
Gift
There wasn't oodles of money
Just a'widow on a pension
Fond of cabbage and bacon
Semolina and rice puddings
With a dollop of blackcurrant jam
A woman with kindness and a heart full of love
Wrapping you in a blanket of tenderness
and care
30 Dec 2021
"A harrier rising from a marsh": @edepaor captures some fine natural images on this week's #PoetryPrompt of #start. Lovely, Eilín! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
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30 Dec 2021
"Day one arrived at night": @deuxiemepeau on this week's #PoetryPrompt of #start, and an epic poetic retreat. Thanks for sharing your journeys with us here, Damien! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
30 Dec 2021
A recent journey of mine that ended with a #start, an offering to celebrate the wonderful journey given to us by @tarryathome during her time as #poetinresidence at @poetryireland & her last #poetryprompt. Thank you so much Catherine Ann- you’ve been exceptional 🙏🙏🤍🤍✨✨👏👏
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28 Dec 2021
"The man at the the bus stop didn't win the lottery": @thewindingroad1 on (un)lucky numbers and this week's #PoetryPrompt of #start. Ah, a win is a fresh start we'd all enjoy! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
28 Dec 2021
A final poem for #PoetryPrompt with @tarryathome & @poetryireland #start (of a new beginning/another path in 2022) Thank you Catherine. Will anyone ever win that €19million lotto!!?
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28 Dec 2021
"Forever wanting to start again": @Soundingvisual on this week's #PoetryPrompt of #start. Too smooth for growth - we'll take the rough so, thanks Maura! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
28 Dec 2021
A poem for
@tarryathome
#PoetryPrompt of #start.
Title: Too Smooth for Growth.
Moving towards new year resolutions and considering new options. Photo of paintings in process. Happy New Year.
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27 Dec 2021
December 27th and my last #PoetryPrompt #NodFilíochta for kids is #miracle nó #míorúilt más fearr leat. What is a miracle? Have you ever experienced one? What miracle would you wish for? Ask an adult to tweet your poem here & @poetryireland. #PoetInResidence #SelfIsolationHelp
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27 Dec 2021
December 27th, my final #PoetryPrompt #NodFilíochta for adults as @poetryireland #PoetInResidence is #start nó #tosú más fearr libh. Begin, the opposite of end, square one. Tweet your work here & @poetryireland. Thanks for all the poems over the past 93 weeks! #SelfIsolationHelp
ALT The word 'START' on a bright green background, from a boardgame.
ALT The word 'START' on a wedge shape with a dollar sign above, from a board-game.
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23 Dec 2021
"There is the thing itself": stunning poem by @Soundingvisual on this week's #PoetryPrompt of #gift. Thank you Maura for the kind words, and for all your poems and artwork! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
23 Dec 2021
A poem for
@tarryathome
#PoetryPrompt of #gift.
Title: The gift of giving with beautiful photo of my mother and niece.
Thank you Catherine for the two years of poetry prompts while you were Poet in Residence with Poetry Ireland. Wherever you go next, we will be following.🌺
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21 Dec 2021
"A generous poet brings us a gift": and what an amazing gift this is from @WhippetHaiku, a sestina incorporating a plethora of #PoetryPrompt words! I'm blown away,Xenia. Thank you for all your beautiful poems & photos this year! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
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21 Dec 2021
"A black and white stray": @StudiMarie on this week's #PoetryPrompt of #gift, giving and getting! Thanks for all your gifts to the #PoetryPrompt project this year, Marie! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
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21 Dec 2021
"Those verses that you place": @thewindingroad1 on this week's #PoetryPrompt of #gift. Thanks for all the verses you placed with the #PoetryPrompt project this year, Robin! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
20 Dec 2021
In-between gift-wrapping, getting a proofreader hired, chasing my tail, last minute shopping, I somehow managed to write a new poem #PoetryPrompt @tarryathome @poetryireland #gift who says men can’t multitask! 😂
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20 Dec 2021
December 20th, this week's #PoetryPrompt #NodFilíochta for kids is #snowman nó #FearSneachta más fearr leat. Have you ever made a snow person? Imagine being one: careful you don't melt! Ask an adult to tweet your poem here & @poetryireland. #PoetInResidence #SelfIsolationHelp
ALT A snowman sitting on a park bench
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20 Dec 2021
December 20th, and this week's #PoetryPrompt #NodFilíochta for adults is #gift nó #brontannas más fearr libh. A present in honour of an occasion or none, to give something without payment, a talent. Tweet your work here & @poetryireland. #PoetInResidence #SelfIsolationHelp
ALT A Christmas gift wrapped in green, red and gold paper with a red ribbon
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18 Dec 2021
Thanks to all our brilliant #PoetryPrompt & #NodFilíochta pals for getting us to Year 2 Week 41 of creative community. Prompt for adults is #pockets nó #pócaí, for kids it's #reindeer nó #réinfhia. Back Monday, sláinte mhaith daoibh go léir! #PoetInResidence #SelfIsolationHelp
ALT A close-up of a leather jacket showing three pockets
ALT A turquoise reindeer decoration on a Christmas tree
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17 Dec 2021
"Swans do headstands on winter water": @StudiMarie with a news-inspired take on this week's #PoetryPrompt of #pockets. Lovely Marie! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
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15 Dec 2021
"How the fresh money lured... " @thewindingroad1 spinning a surreal thread on this week's #PoetryPrompt of #pockets. That'll take time to unravel, thanks Robin! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
14 Dec 2021
A surrealist poem is the offering for #PoetryPrompt with @tarryathome on #pockets for @poetryireland
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15 Dec 2021
"Fog the day hesitates": another beautiful micropoem and photograph from @WhippetHaiku whose work has so often given us all a lift over the past... how long is it now?! Thanks Xenia! #PoetInResidence @poetryireland #SelfIsolationHelp
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