Our first April is Poetry Month in Limerick event, in association with the First Wednesday Series, is poet John D. Kelly who will be the guest reader at the First Wednesday Series.
John D Kelly lives in Co. Fermanagh. His poetry has appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies. Among several awards, he won the Listowel Poetry Short Collection Award and also the Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition, in 2020. His manuscript was highly commended in the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2016. Most recently he was a finalist in the Montreal International Poetry Prize, 2022. His first collection: The Loss Of Yellowhammers was published by Summer Palace Press in 2020. His most recent collection 'About Blood' was published by Revival Press in 2025.
Book an open-mic spot, email Dominic at limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com
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