Trim Poetry Festival 2021 and Open Mic

Trim Poetry Festival takes place tomorrow, Saturday, 13 March 2021. 

Viewers can watch the events on Trim Poetry Festival blog http://trimpoetryfestival.blogspot.com/, and on Boyne Writers Instagram @boyne_writers.

10am: Live Online Poetry Workshop by Anne Tannam. Fully Booked.

3pm: Readings by members of Boyne Writers Group.

4pm: Results of Trim Poetry Competition 2021: 

Introduction and Comments by the judge, Jean O’Brien.

Readings by the winner, the runners up and some of the shortlisted poets.

6pm: Poetry Reading by Jean O’Brien.

7pm: Poetry Reading by Boyne Writers Member, Orla Fay, from her chapbook “Drawn to the Light”.

8pm: Poetry Open Mic on Zoom with Rachel Coventry as MC. 

Trim Poetry Festival : Poetry Open Mic on Zoom with Rachel Coventry as MC. at 8pm on Saturday 13 March.

Five minutes each. Use this link to join the Zoom Open Mic. The room opens at 7.45pm and people can register to read on a first come basis. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5340756676 : Meeting ID: 534 075 6676

Rachel Coventry’s poetry has appeared in many journals including Poetry Ireland Review, The SHop, Cyphers, The Honest Ulsterman and The Stony Thursday Book. She has just completed a PhD on Heidegger’s poetics at NUIG. Her debut collection, Afternoon Drinking at the Jolly Butchers, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2018.