Ken Gosse generally writes light poetry using simple language, meter, and rhyme in verses filled with whimsy and humor. First published in The First Literary Review–East in November, 2016, his poetry is also online with Academy of the Heart and Mind, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Home Planet News, Spillwords, Impspired, and others. He is also in print anthologies from Pure Slush, The Coil, Truth Serum Press, Peking Cat, and others. Raised in the Chicago suburbs, he and his wife have lived in Indiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Germany, Virginia, and now in Mesa, Arizona over twenty years with two or more rescue dogs … Continue reading Ken Gosse

Carole Farnan’s work has appeared in journals including A New Ulster, Corncrake, The Bangor Literary Journal and The Honest Ulsterman. Stephen Hawking’s Party featured on Belfast’s Poetry Jukebox (2021) and House of the Spirits won the An Cúlturlann Poetry Prize (2021). Her poetry has also  featured in several anthologies including all three of   Washing Windows series (Arlen Press)). A short story of hers recently won the Féile an Phobail  Short Story prize and her poem Truncated is part of UCD Library’s Poetry as Commemoration Project.???? OCEAN MOONS at PORTRUSH                                        Their alien life-forms glittered at us from a sunset strand – … Continue reading Carole Farnan

Jimmy Milliken grew up in Northern Ireland but spent much of his adult life in the Shetland Islands. He currently lives near Ballycastle on the north coast of Ireland. He has twice been shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Poetry Award; in 2018 for his poem “Mercy Killing” and in 2020 for “Lichen”. His poem “Colloquy” was shortlisted for the 2020 Bangor Literary Journal 40 Words Competition and appears on YouTube. His poem “The Butt” was longlisted for the 2019 Bangor Literary Journal Poetry Competition. He has performed his poetry at various showcase events and readings including at The Seamus Heaney … Continue reading Jimmy Milliken

Jimmy Kerr is a writer/performer. His internationally produced play Ardnaglass on the Air was staged at the Lyric, Belfast in 2017 and had a subsequent regional tour. He has performed, produced work in the Origins 1st-Irish festival in NY on four separate occasions, and is the recipient of the Origin Award for Special Achievement. During his time in Edinburgh, Kerr collaborated with the Edinburgh International Science festival on their touring show Day or Night. Giant Productions the Glasgow based, children’s arts development organization commissioned Kerr on three separate occasions to write and perform work for their productions. More recently he … Continue reading Jimmy Kerr

My name is Clare, I have two great loves. Words and Energy Healing, and I find, there is no greater energy medium than the vibration of words. I don’t have great accolades to report in the literary world, but I love the endless syllable surgery and eternal jigsaw puzzles words provide us with, lucky creatures that we are.  I have a little poem called ‘Snatched’ published in Dream Catcher. Last year 2022 I received a commendation for a shortlisted submission ‘Mountain of Desire’ to ‘The Frances Browne Literary Festival’. I continue to submit and submit to the magic of poetry … Continue reading Clare McKay

Sharon Flynn is a member of Ballymoney Writers’ Group and grew up in the seaside town of Portstewart; long walks along the North Antrim Coast are one of her favourite sources of inspiration. Her poems have appeared in several anthologies, issues of The Stinging Fly, Skylight 47 and The Cannon’s Mouth and in The Blue Nib Chapbook 4. She has been runner up the competition for the Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing and is a graduate of the MA course at the Heaney Centre at Queen’s University.  Sharon tries to follow Mary Oliver’s advice to look ‘as though with … Continue reading Sharon Flynn

Kerriann Speers is a prize-winning poet and author of the short story collection, The Infinite Universes of Maggie Lavery. With a degree in European Studies and Journalism and Publishing Studies, Kerriann has over twenty years of experience of in creative writing. She has published works in anthologies, North Star: Short Stories and Poems by Female Irish Writers, Forgiveness is the Hardest Thing, and We Are Not Shadows. When Kerriann isn’t writing for pleasure, she is writing for work as a Digital Marketer and Content Writer. She can be found on all social media outlets as @KerriannWrites or via her website … Continue reading Kerriann Speers

As co-authors, Radoslav Radushev-Radus and George Petkov-Mareto believe in equal rights so their stories often take unexpected turns and never arrive at their destination unchanged. Their writings first go through a process of cross-examination by a lawyer (Radus) before ending up on the desk of a long-time dedicated teacher and mentor (Mareto). All this is accompanied by much drinking of coffee, raising of eyebrows and a general lack of sympathy for broken pencils and software updates. Radus believes in the power of free speech to teach responsibility and Mareto hastens to add that it must be properly punctuated, grammatically consistent … Continue reading Radoslav Radushev-Radus & George Petkov-Mareto

Anita Gracey has been published in Poetry Ireland Review, Washing Windows – Irish Women Write Poetry (Ed. Eavan Boland),Washing Windows Too – Irish Women Write Poetry (Ed Nuala O’Conner), Washing Windows 111 – Irish Women Write Poetry (Ed Nuala O’Conner & Alan Hayes), Abridged, The Honest Ulsterman, Poetry NI, The Poets’ Republic, Fly on the Wall, The Blue Nib, Culture Matters, Community Arts Partnership Anthology, Bangor Literary Review, Indigo Dreams, Corsham, Sonder, Utopia Project, Dream Well Writing, Corncrake Magazine, Woman’s Aid Anthology, Smashing Times, Linen Hall Library, Waterways Story-making Festival, The Executive Office, Pendemic, Monaghan County Museum, and The Wing. … Continue reading Anita Gracey

Marc’s a recent quinquagenenarian, has self published one poetry book called ‘Out of Darkness,’ and lives on the North Antrim Coast with his wife and three children, and new addition grandaughter. Writing for personal reasons, expanded to therapeutic and then pleasure. Rathlin  Silence permeates souls,briefly.Guillemots and gannets harmonising with the sea,share songs on the breeze.Irish hares spar,amidst baying livestock.All framed between flashing guardians. Mirroring the ocean,clouds travel as languid waves,unleashing shade or rain below.When permitted,the sun returns and dries the land,and those thereon. Then there is only wind,and peaceful thoughts,again.and residents stoically,resiliently,gratefully,living,go about their day. Continue reading Marc Little