Ó Bhéal

The event is free and starts with the usual Five Words poetry challenge, followed by our guest poets and the later open-mic session. The event will be hybrid – in-person at the Long Valley, Withrop St, Cork, also hosted on zoom and streamed live via Ó Bhéal’s facebook page at www.facebook.com/obheal.poetry If you’d like to participate via zoom, please email your request to info@obheal.ie and we’ll send you a zoom link on the evening. Luke Morgan’s second collection Beast is new from Arlen House in 2022, and in the words of Victoria Kennefick, is “an astonishingly original exploration of the wildness that exists within us”. His debut collection, Honest Walls was published in 2016. His work has been published in various journals worldwide, including Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review and Cyphers. He lives and works in Galway as a filmmaker, writer and theatre director. He is available on twitter @LukeMorganPoet Molly Twomey grew up in Lismore, County Waterford, and graduated in 2019 with an MA in Creative Writing from University College Cork. She runs an online international poetry event, Just to Say, sponsored by Jacar Press. In 2021, she was chosen for Poetry Ireland’s Introductions Series and awarded an Arts Council Literature Bursary. Her debut collection, Raised Among Vultures, was published in May 2022 with The Gallery Press.