Róisín Ní Neachtain
@roisinnineachtain.com
Artist, poet, STUDENT (for at least another FIVE YEARS) 🇮🇪🏴🇪🇺💖🎨
I,bird (2025 - Broken Sleep Books), Infinite Monochrome (2024), Insomnia (2024) An image-river that star from the dead (2024)
Poetry/Nature/Literature studies & Art
I,bird (2025 - Broken Sleep Books), Infinite Monochrome (2024), Insomnia (2024) An image-river that star from the dead (2024)
Poetry/Nature/Literature studies & Art
Pinned
But I am my own contempt,
I give myself to the heart of this wild thing from guilt.
Have the flesh from my bones, yellow rose.
Take my weight to your bed.
My soul cannot nurture you.
Make of me a rich dust.
Guilt (from Infinite Monochrome, 2024)
I give myself to the heart of this wild thing from guilt.
Have the flesh from my bones, yellow rose.
Take my weight to your bed.
My soul cannot nurture you.
Make of me a rich dust.
Guilt (from Infinite Monochrome, 2024)
Also advice for new glasses wearers - when cleaning glasses, do not hold the glasses by the bridge because if that part is very thin and you repeatedly do this, your glasses could snap there.
(That probably seems obvious to a lot of people but it wasn’t to me!)
(That probably seems obvious to a lot of people but it wasn’t to me!)
January 15, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Also advice for new glasses wearers - when cleaning glasses, do not hold the glasses by the bridge because if that part is very thin and you repeatedly do this, your glasses could snap there.
(That probably seems obvious to a lot of people but it wasn’t to me!)
(That probably seems obvious to a lot of people but it wasn’t to me!)
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Waves like mountains. A turbulent sea off the English coast.
January 15, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Waves like mountains. A turbulent sea off the English coast.
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Finally starting to get some battleaxes in progress using paint, pastels & marker on backgrounds made from paper bags, midcentury magazines & wallpapers & duplicates from my Babycham mat collection.
Just laid down the first couple of loose layers, a long way to go but it’s a joy to get them underway
Just laid down the first couple of loose layers, a long way to go but it’s a joy to get them underway
January 13, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Finally starting to get some battleaxes in progress using paint, pastels & marker on backgrounds made from paper bags, midcentury magazines & wallpapers & duplicates from my Babycham mat collection.
Just laid down the first couple of loose layers, a long way to go but it’s a joy to get them underway
Just laid down the first couple of loose layers, a long way to go but it’s a joy to get them underway
I don’t put poems online which haven’t been officially published elsewhere anymore.
My advice to new poets is resist the temptation at all costs to share your work online before getting it published.
I wish somebody had had a chat with me about this when I was starting!
My advice to new poets is resist the temptation at all costs to share your work online before getting it published.
I wish somebody had had a chat with me about this when I was starting!
January 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
I don’t put poems online which haven’t been officially published elsewhere anymore.
My advice to new poets is resist the temptation at all costs to share your work online before getting it published.
I wish somebody had had a chat with me about this when I was starting!
My advice to new poets is resist the temptation at all costs to share your work online before getting it published.
I wish somebody had had a chat with me about this when I was starting!
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A lovely poem from Billy Collins in Poetry Ireland Review Issue 147, Love Poems to Humans, edited by Theo Dorgan. ❤
Buy on our website at: www.poetryireland.ie/publications...
Buy on our website at: www.poetryireland.ie/publications...
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 AM
A lovely poem from Billy Collins in Poetry Ireland Review Issue 147, Love Poems to Humans, edited by Theo Dorgan. ❤
Buy on our website at: www.poetryireland.ie/publications...
Buy on our website at: www.poetryireland.ie/publications...
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“These poems are fleet in their chronicling & abundant in circumstantial detail, but also interior, spiritually entangled. Her humane vision brings to life the dangers of wartime & the peace of home.”
~ Michael Longley on the #poetry of Kathleen Jamie 📚 irishpages.org/product/the-...
~ Michael Longley on the #poetry of Kathleen Jamie 📚 irishpages.org/product/the-...
January 15, 2026 at 9:36 AM
“These poems are fleet in their chronicling & abundant in circumstantial detail, but also interior, spiritually entangled. Her humane vision brings to life the dangers of wartime & the peace of home.”
~ Michael Longley on the #poetry of Kathleen Jamie 📚 irishpages.org/product/the-...
~ Michael Longley on the #poetry of Kathleen Jamie 📚 irishpages.org/product/the-...
Got such a lovely personalised rejection from one of my favourite poets - somebody I have actually met and who gave me such a genuine tender hug that I felt tearful - I didn’t know they were the editor!!?
Here for the lovely editors ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Here for the lovely editors ⚡️⚡️⚡️
January 15, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Got such a lovely personalised rejection from one of my favourite poets - somebody I have actually met and who gave me such a genuine tender hug that I felt tearful - I didn’t know they were the editor!!?
Here for the lovely editors ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Here for the lovely editors ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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“A bit of light still filters through the words.”
(Blanchot, L’attente L’oubli)
(Blanchot, L’attente L’oubli)
January 14, 2026 at 9:48 PM
“A bit of light still filters through the words.”
(Blanchot, L’attente L’oubli)
(Blanchot, L’attente L’oubli)
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I hadn’t seen this before now and I am completely blown away. Jesse Buckley singing Sinead O’Connor’s Troy. Kindred spirits. Connected to the same well, the same source. Unbelievable performance.
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
January 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I hadn’t seen this before now and I am completely blown away. Jesse Buckley singing Sinead O’Connor’s Troy. Kindred spirits. Connected to the same well, the same source. Unbelievable performance.
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
Desperate to get my hands on Jan Zwicky’s collections now
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Book Review: Forge by Jan Zwicky
Though it never appears on the page, I read these poems thinking often of the word forage. The pair of words forge and forage in their similarity of sound seem to unveil the dual nature of inventio…
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January 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Desperate to get my hands on Jan Zwicky’s collections now
thisisthetitleofmyblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/b...
thisisthetitleofmyblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/b...
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“The campaign group Prisoners for Palestine said in a statement: "Our prisoners hunger strike will be remembered as a landmark moment of pure defiance; an embarrassment for the British state.”
"Three Palestine Action members end 73-day hunger strike | UK News | Sky News" news.sky.com/story/palest...
Three Palestine Action members end 73-day hunger strike
Three Palestine Action hunger strikers have ended their 73-day action after they claimed a key demand was met.
news.sky.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
“The campaign group Prisoners for Palestine said in a statement: "Our prisoners hunger strike will be remembered as a landmark moment of pure defiance; an embarrassment for the British state.”
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"Three Palestine Action members end 73-day hunger strike | UK News | Sky News" news.sky.com/story/palest...
Three Palestine Action members end 73-day hunger strike
Three Palestine Action hunger strikers have ended their 73-day action after they claimed a key demand was met.
news.sky.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
"Three Palestine Action members end 73-day hunger strike | UK News | Sky News" news.sky.com/story/palest...
For the romcom inclined, “Ruth and Boaz” and also “People we meet on vacation” are good!!!
On Netflix
On Netflix
January 14, 2026 at 8:49 PM
For the romcom inclined, “Ruth and Boaz” and also “People we meet on vacation” are good!!!
On Netflix
On Netflix
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Yesterday I went to an Episcopal Church Zoom vigil for the people of MN. After the service, they opened the chat for prayers. For 5 straight minutes, the chat blew up. Just thousands of prayers scrolling by from those seeking to help their neighbors. It felt like unity, like grace, like love.
January 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Yesterday I went to an Episcopal Church Zoom vigil for the people of MN. After the service, they opened the chat for prayers. For 5 straight minutes, the chat blew up. Just thousands of prayers scrolling by from those seeking to help their neighbors. It felt like unity, like grace, like love.
What is this wretched cruelty of the world
January 14, 2026 at 7:47 PM
What is this wretched cruelty of the world
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WOULD SOMEBODY THINK ABOUT THE HORSES.
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
WOULD SOMEBODY THINK ABOUT THE HORSES.
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Finola Cahill's poem "Nothing Girl Makes Friends" was selected as Highly Commended by poetry judge Mícheál McCann. Recently, Finola Cahill was the runner-up for the Patrick Kavanagh Award, and was highly commended in the Fool for Poetry pamphlet competition.
January 14, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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New year, new stack @archipelagobooks.bsky.social @malarkeybooks.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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This Hour
By Romanian poet Marin Sorescu, tr. Michael Hamburger
This hour
When all things, tired of meaning,
fall asleep over it,
like guards
with their chins resting
on their lances
By Romanian poet Marin Sorescu, tr. Michael Hamburger
This hour
When all things, tired of meaning,
fall asleep over it,
like guards
with their chins resting
on their lances
January 14, 2026 at 7:22 PM
This Hour
By Romanian poet Marin Sorescu, tr. Michael Hamburger
This hour
When all things, tired of meaning,
fall asleep over it,
like guards
with their chins resting
on their lances
By Romanian poet Marin Sorescu, tr. Michael Hamburger
This hour
When all things, tired of meaning,
fall asleep over it,
like guards
with their chins resting
on their lances
❤️ another one for the library list….
What a joy to have Marie-Laure Bernadac in the shop discussing her new biography of Louise Bourgeois, *Knife-Woman*, with Lauren Elkin. Order signed copies here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/knife-...
January 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
❤️ another one for the library list….
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What a joy to have Marie-Laure Bernadac in the shop discussing her new biography of Louise Bourgeois, *Knife-Woman*, with Lauren Elkin. Order signed copies here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/knife-...
January 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
What a joy to have Marie-Laure Bernadac in the shop discussing her new biography of Louise Bourgeois, *Knife-Woman*, with Lauren Elkin. Order signed copies here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/knife-...
The real rollercoaster of my mind at the moment …. ⬆️⬇️
Waver between wanting to be a silent hermit and wanting to scream at the top of my lungs in the public square so to speak
Waver between wanting to be a silent hermit and wanting to scream at the top of my lungs in the public square so to speak
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The real rollercoaster of my mind at the moment …. ⬆️⬇️
Waver between wanting to be a silent hermit and wanting to scream at the top of my lungs in the public square so to speak
Waver between wanting to be a silent hermit and wanting to scream at the top of my lungs in the public square so to speak
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Beyond excited to share the news that my first poetry collection, Midnight at the Saltmarsh, will be published by @thegallerypress.bsky.social in May 2026! 💫✨
January 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Beyond excited to share the news that my first poetry collection, Midnight at the Saltmarsh, will be published by @thegallerypress.bsky.social in May 2026! 💫✨
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❛ If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.
French writer Anaïs Nin, who died #OTD in 1977.
French writer Anaïs Nin, who died #OTD in 1977.
January 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
❛ If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.
French writer Anaïs Nin, who died #OTD in 1977.
French writer Anaïs Nin, who died #OTD in 1977.