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BOOKS

My first collection of haiku, Thames Way, was published in 2015. My second collection, A Thousand Sparks, was published in 2018. The Singing Hollow, my first collection of poetry, was published in 2021. All of these books are produced by Alba Publishing (www.ablapublishing.com). My poems have been published in leading literary journals. I teach creative writing.

POEMS

Individual Poems

 

56 poems have been published or have been accepted for publication by literary journals, anthologies and websites:

 

  • The Journey and The Countryside were published in the anthology Smoketails published by students of UCC in 1998

  • The Source, the journal of Students Union, Maynooth University published Invitation in 1999

  • The Stinging Fly Issue 24, Vol. 2 published Walls and Since 10 o’clock in 2013 issue.

  • Cyphers published On Brighton Beach in 2013 and Gaze in 2014

  • The Limerick Writer’s Centre published Lahinch Walk and Conifer Man in It’s a Queer City: All the Same, an anthology of LGBT writing from Limerick in 2016. Shane Vaughan edited it

  • Warm Bedrock was published on the Library After Dark Writers’ Cafe webpage in 2016

  • Boyne Berries published Settlings in 2017, Mariposas in 2018, Lady of the Lake in 2019, and In Glendalough Wood in 2020

  • The Ballyroan Library website published In the Bath and Pass in 2018, and Aftermath was published on its Facebook page in May 2020

  • The Blue Nib published Dawn Over O’Cebreiro in 2018; also, The Dream Tree, The Lake, The School, The Still Point, 1 September 2014, and Sole were published in 2019

  • The Waterford Teacher’s Centre published Footprints and Shrine, an anthology Teachers’ Who Write, in 2018. Edward Denniston edited the anthology

  • Flare, the occasional journal of the Sunflower Sessions, republished six haiku from A Thousand Sparks in Flare 10 in 2019, and Driftwood appeared in Flare 11, To the Editor was published in Flare 17 in January 2023

  • Poetry 24 website published Water Table and The Weathervane in 2019

  • In the anthology Mustang Bally, The Eight Sisters, Hymn, A Sort of Song, Faltering into Sound, and Bendición, were published in 2019. The Ballyfermot Writer’s Group published Mustang Bally in conjunction with the Ballymun Writer’s Group

  • Impossible Archetype published The River for issue 6 in 2019, Bright Morning in issue 7 in 2020, Sunset at Finisterre for issue 9 in 2021, Breaking Up for issue 13 in 2023, and Cul de Sacfor issue 14 also in 2023

  • The Market Lane Writers’ Group, Fermoy, Co Cork published The Feather Hair Clip and Way Home in an All to One Side anthology in 2019

  • Crossways published At Cee for issue 8 in 2019, The Bridge and Night Drive for issue 10 in 2020

  • Crannóg published The Singing Hollow in issue 52 in 2020

  • Count Day, Jogging in the Sun, Origami Skin, St. Stephen’s Day, The Pressures of Love and The Rose Garden were published in The Green Carnations anthology, edited by John Ennis in 2020

  • Departure was published in Beir Bua, an online literary journal, in 2021

  • Bottle Bank Therapy was published in The Waxed Lemon, a literary journal, for its Summer/Winter issue in 2021

  • The Golden Tree was published in Drawn to the Light Press in October 2022

  • Glencar was commended in the Francis Ledwidge Poetry Prize 2023

  • Rendezvous was published in the Pride Poets anthology in December 2023 and launched in February 2024 by Sonya Mulligan. 

  • Astral Travelling was accepted for publication in Flare in issue 21 in January 2024.

  • Standing Stone was published in the Fire: Brigid and the Sacred Feminine anthology by Kildare County Council and Arlen House Press in September 2024. 

 

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Haiku Collections

 

  • Thames Way is my first collection of haiku and tanka and was published in 2015 by Alba Publishing. (ISBN 978-1-910185-23-0) Launched on the 22 October 2015

  • A Thousand Sparks is my second haiku collection, published in 2018 by Alba Publishing. (ISBN 978-1-910185-44-5) Launched on the 18 October 2018

 

Haiku and Tanka individual poems

 

Since 2010, about 180 of my haiku and tanka have been published in the following journals, websites and anthologies:

 

Journals and Websites

 

  • A Hundred Gourds, an online journal

  • Akitsu Quarterly, a small journal

  • Blithe Spirit, the journal of the British Haiku Society

  • bottle rockets, an experimental haiku journal

  • cattails, an online haiku journal

  • Chrysanthemum, a German and English haiku journal

  • Deewriter, the personal webpage and blog of Diarmuid Fitzgerald

  • Failed Haiku an online journal focusing on haiku about humans

  • Frogpond, the journal of the Haiku Society of America

  • Gnarled Oak, an online journal of haiku and short lyric poems

  • Hedgerow, an online journal of small poems

  • Icebox, the blog of Hailstones Haiku Circle, based in Kyoto, Japan

  • Ink, Sweat and Tears, an online journal of small poems

  • Kokako, a New Zealand haiku journal

  • Modern Haiku, the leading independent journal of haiku in America

  • Presence, an independent British haiku journal

  • seashore, an independent Irish haiku journal

  • Shamrock, the online journal of the Irish Haiku Society

  • Skylight 47, an independent newspaper of poetry

  • Under the Basho, an online archive

  • WA Poets Inc., an online journal

  • Wild Plums, an online seasonal journal

 

Anthologies

 

  • One Hundred Poets on Mount Ogura, One Poem Each by Hailstones Haiku Circle in 2010

  • ‘poet meets painter’ the original Hungry Hill Writer’s Group anthology in 2010

  • Meltdown, published by Hailstones Haiku Circle in 2013

  • Edge: the British Haiku Society Member’s Anthology 2015

  • Beginning: the British Haiku Society Members’ Anthology 2016 

  • Selfies and Portraits: Snapshots from the Library After Dark Writers’ Café from the Library After Dark, published by South Dublin County Council in 2016

  • Ekphrasis: The British Haiku Society Members’ Anthology 2017

  • Persimmon, published by the Hailstones Haiku Circle 2017

  • Stone after stone, an anthology of haiku writing, Haiku Ireland 2017

  • Water: the British haiku Society Members’ Anthology 2022

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Haibun Publications 

 

Haibun is a combination of prose in poetic form and haiku.

 

  • Camino was published in Failed Haiku issue 59 in November 2020

  • From the Window was published in the British Haiku Society Member’s Anthology 2020 in 2021

  • Beyond the Field was published in Blithe Spirit Volume 31 issue 2, in May 2021

  • Village Clean Up was published in The Cottage Visions Genjuan International Haibun Contest anthology by the Hailstone Haiku Circle in 2021

  • Sento was published in Prune Juice issue 34 in 2021

  • Seized was published in Contemporary Haibun Online for Autumn 2022

  • Reveal was published in Modern Haiku for Autumn 2022. Reveal was republished in the Red Moon Press annual haibun anthology 18 in January 2023. 

  • Teenage Encounter was published in Drifting Sands in December 2022.

SHORT STORIES

  • Bus to Bordeaux was published in Selfies and Portraits: Snapshots from the Library After Dark Writers’ Café, an anthology published by South Dublin County Council in 2016

  • Meeting Luis was published in Mustang Bally anthology by the Ballyfermot Writer’s Group and the Ballymun Writer’s Group in May 2019

NOVELS

  • I have written my first novel called An Affinity For Metal. I am currently editing this novel.

  • An Affinity For Metal is about the life of Darragh Hayes, who was born with the special ability to bend, melt, attract, and repel metal. He goes to great lengths to hide this ability. Darragh comes to terms with his ability and romantic relationships with other men.

  • I have lined up an editor, Laurence O’Bryan, to edit the novel and complete the structural editing stage of editing.

  • I wrote the start of another novel called The River Takes It. It is about a teacher whose daughter gets killed in tragic circumstances. The main character writes about what happened to his daughter and what he feels about what happened.

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