Publications


  • The Interpreter's House, Issue 58, 'Feedback and 'Proposal', Spring 2015
  • Poethead website: Maternity, Red Hen, Yoga Class, Text Sex. See Poethead
  • Forthcoming in 2015: poems to be published in Poetry Salzburg Review.
  • Orbis, 'Red hen', 2014
  • North West Words, Donegal Poetry for Spaces, 'My Husband, the Dog Whisperer', 2014
  • Kind of a Hurricane, A Touch of Saccharine, 'Shipwrecked', August 2014
  • Clifden Anthology 35 in 2013 : Maternity.
  • Five : Four poems appear in the on-line journal, Five. 2012
  • Stand magazine, 'Mastectomy', 'Travelling companions wanted' Issue 197, which marks the magazine's 60th birthday. 2012
  • Four of her poems appeared in the on-line journal, Five, in 2012 Five
  • The Stony Thursday Book, Issue 10, Autumn 2011, 'Sterling Cutlery'
  • The Muse, Volume 1, Airfield Writers broadsheet : 'My husband, the dog whisperer'; 'Walking our dog to the Italian Coffee Shop'; 'Not'. 2011
  • Bray Arts Journal: 'Who's Counting?', Sept 2010.
  • Cork Literary Review, (5 poems), 2009
  • Impressions of Boffin (Anthology),'Island signals', 'Inisboffin afternoon'
  • Cyphers, 'Hello Tina', 2009
  • Tributaries Vol. 5, A Literary Magazine of Dalton State College, USA, 'Gardener', 'Calling to me through the woods', 2009
  • The Space Inside, 'Astrogeography', 2008
  • Boyne Berries, 'Good Friday Planting', 2008
  • Gates of Ivory and Horn, Anthology by Airfield Writers, 'The Prison Officer', 'Before cancer', 2008
  • Revival, 'Astrogeography', 2008
  • Shape sifting, Anthology by Cinnamon Press, 'Write down your dreams, he said', 2007
  • Riposte, 'Belmullet' 2005
  • Bray Arts Journal: 'You were not a modern-day Mrs. Beeton', 2005
  • Galway Now: ‘Love Thy Neighbour’, 2004
  • The Stinging Fly: ‘Txt Sex’, 2004
  • Bray Arts Journal: ‘Dear Life’, 2003,
  • The SHOp: ‘Yoga class’, 2003
  • Poetry Life: ‘The deer’ (prize-winner), 2003
  • The Works IV, 'Bus Fellows’, 1993
  • The Works III ‘Pool game’, 1992
  • Poetry Ireland Special issue, Nos 18/19, translation of 'Deep Sleep by Gabriela Mistral, Spring 1987
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