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Steve Denehan
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New poem posted every Monday.

Books available from the usual places.

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Renard Press have just published a super five year anthology - renardpress.com/books/renard...

A few poems of mine have been included including this one from my first Renard Press collection which is currently available on Amazon.ie for €4.82.

www.amazon.ie/As-Meant-Som...
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lawrencemoore.bsky.social
Pasted against the nebulous backdrops of doubt and passing time, This Joyful Interlude assembles a delicate collage of hopes and romantic longings.

Thank you to @janes-studio.bsky.social for all your hard work and brilliance.
Thanks also to @steverinod.bsky.social for your lovely forward.

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Front cover of This Joyful Interlude, a poetry collection by Lawrence Moore. Illustration and cover design by Jane Cornwell Back cover of This Joyful Interlude, a poetry collection by Lawrence Moore. Illustration and cover design by Jane Cornwell
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
steverinod.bsky.social
Renard Press have just published a super five year anthology - renardpress.com/books/renard...

A few poems of mine have been included including this one from my first Renard Press collection which is currently available on Amazon.ie for €4.82.

www.amazon.ie/As-Meant-Som...
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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lastnightzine.bsky.social
Want a sneak peek at our prototype issue? Check out the (nearly) full publishing list!
Think you can sneak in one more submission? Take a look:
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November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
steverinod.bsky.social
A couple of years ago Robin was not well for a few months and of course we were very worried. Happily she bounced back to herself but this poem is about how hard it was to shake the worry.

It was published in a recent issue of the always excellent Madrid Review.

Thanks for reading :)
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
steverinod.bsky.social
This is a poem that I read during a lovely chat with Katy on Dublin City FM during the week - dublincityfm.ie/shows/all-ab...

Also, there are a few signed copies of the book left in Dubray Books in Grafton Street if anyone would like one.

Thanks for reading. :)
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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troycap.bsky.social
Blue Rigi

Thanks to my friend in Holdorf, Germany for purchasing this wonderful English Romantic landscape art print: buff.ly/X2lrZP3

If you are interested in commissioning an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email at troy@troycap.com.
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
steverinod.bsky.social
This is a poem published recently in the Cisco 50th Anniversary Anthology. It's about the helplessness & guilt I felt as my father suffered horribly & so unfairly with dementia.

It also features in the latest book, A Quarter Dead and Half Alive, published last month by the mighty Renard Press.

:)
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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renardpress.com
How do you make a publisher blush? 😳

It was a real joy to see Sandi Toksvig’s show last night promoting Friends of Dorothy (Virago). We thought we were there to support @mayeroflondon.bsky.social, whose novel TIME/LIFE has been widely recommended by Sandi – but here’s what actually happened.
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
steverinod.bsky.social
It's a little late for this poem about the coming of autumn, but not to worry.

It was recently published in the new issue of Moss Piglet.

Thanks for reading. :)
October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
steverinod.bsky.social
This is a very short poem that was recently published in the Verseve Stars Anthology.

Thanks for reading. :)
October 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
steverinod.bsky.social
A book to curl up with during the winter months. Beautiful poetry from a beautiful person. :)
lawrencemoore.bsky.social Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · Oct 8
I am very excited to announce that my second full-length poetry collection, This Joyful Interlude, will be published by @janes-studio.bsky.social and is coming out in just a few weeks!

Delve into this thread for more info (and new poetry 🙂)

#poem #poems #poetry #poet #books #poetrycommunity

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The front cover for This Joyful Interlude, the forthcoming full-length poetry collection by Lawrence Moore published by Jane's Studio Press. In this illustration by Jane Cornwell, rose gardens thrive over a graveyard monument.
October 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
steverinod.bsky.social
Last week I had a great chat with Ray D'Arcy on RTÉ and read the below poem.

In case anyone would like to have a listen here is the link - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Thanks for reading. :)
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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lawrencemoore.bsky.social
Here's my review of 'a quarter dead and half alive', the new poetry collection by @steverinod.bsky.social, out now with Renard Press.

Some purchase links:

UK amazon.co.uk/dp/1804471607
US amazon.com/dp/1804471607
CA amazon.ca/dp/1804471607
AU amazon.com.au/dp/1804471607

#poems #poetry #books
Steven Denehan’s new poetry collection, a quarter dead and half alive, is a triumphant return from a poet much admired for his gentle, poignant honesty and wry, self-effacing humour. A deeply personal, yet highly relatable work, it draws heavily on Denehan’s own lived experiences as well as those of loved ones, most notably when talking about his daughter’s childhood and his father’s struggles with dementia. Regardless of theme, the consistent clarity of his writing style serves as a welcome mat, inviting us to settle down and make ourselves comfortable within the lines. ‘the other one is me’ Happy to be the butt of his own jokes, Denehan displays a complete absence of self-pride throughout, confessing to various dark thoughts and pessimisms, as if in hope of absolution from the reader. ‘I have gained on him in the years since, while he has moved further and further away’ a quarter dead and half alive assumes the peak of its powers when concerning those the writer holds dear. The emotional rawness in poems like ‘2013, Before Dementia’ is only made more palpable by the obvious tenderness with which it is laced. ‘her eyes, wet fireworks add to the light of a sun that shines through her curls’ Nevertheless, Denehan’s glowing portrayals of an effervescent daughter’s childhood ensure it will not be rawness, but reverence and joy that remain with the reader long after the final page has been turned. A quarter dead and half alive, a new poetry collection by Steve Denehan, published by Renard Press.
September 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
steverinod.bsky.social
There are a whole heap of longer poems but this is another short poem from my new, million selling, smash hit book - A Quarter Dead and Half Alive that was published a few weeks back by Renard Press.

It's about the love my father had for my daughter, even through his dementia.
September 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social
Absolutely thrilled to have poem in Lighthouse Literary Journal. Many, many thanks to editor @julwe1.bsky.social. I really recommend this journal, so many wonderful poems and prose inside. It’s a great read. Thank you 🌸
September 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
steverinod.bsky.social
This is a short (yay!) poem from the new book. I've had some very nice messages from people who have read and are reading the book at the moment. Thanks so much to everyone who has picked up a copy or ever took the time to read a poem. It's a huge thing.

Thanks for reading. :)
September 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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madridlitmag.bsky.social
Steve's been in every issue of The Madrid Review. We love him and we're not related, unless you count the great big poetry family ❤️ 🙃😆 His new book's out today - have a look! @steverinod.bsky.social ##poetry
renardpress.com/books/a-quar...
A Quarter Dead and Half Alive – Renard Press
A Quarter Dead and Half Alive is a beautifully crafted, wide-ranging collection that lingers on the intersection of humanity and the environment. Foregrounding ageing parents and new family members ar...
renardpress.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
steverinod.bsky.social
This is a poem from the new book (out today from Renard Press!) that was recited beautifully on Phoenix FM last week by Dermot Peele. It can be found at 1 hour 40 here - www.mixcloud.com/925PhoenixFM...

There is also an interview at 10 minutes in if anyone would like to listen.

Thanks for reading.
September 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
steverinod.bsky.social
This poem, written from the perspective of a Palestinian person, was published in a special 'Poems For the People of Palestine' edition of The Madrid Review.

It is such a strange time to be alive.

Thanks for reading.
September 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
steverinod.bsky.social
This poem, written earlier this summer, was published in a recent issue of the very snazzy Moss Piglet.

Thanks for reading. :)
September 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
steverinod.bsky.social
This poem, which means a lot to me, is a companion poem to 'A Poem From My Father to My Mother'. It was published in Acumen earlier this year.

It will also be in my next book, 'A Quarter Dead and Half Alive', due from Renard Press on September, 15th.

Thanks for reading. :)
August 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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lawrencemoore.bsky.social
Here's 'Just a Ride'.
Previously published in @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social's The Starbeck Orion

#poem #poems #poetry
Just a Ride I wish I could believe it otherwise, but life is just a special, one-off treat; if spent on biting nails, reciting fails and fretting, not forgetting fools' advice, you're left with an ordeal and not a ride and no one dresses in their brightest blues and hangs around in endless, screaming queues to suffer an ordeal (Georgina lies), so take my hand in yours and come what may, we'll leave the maps and compasses behind, meander down a random alleyway if suitably attracted by a sound, then when we freshen up and go inside, our hearts can show our heads it's just a ride.
August 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
steverinod.bsky.social
This poem, about the dwindling of wonder in the world, was published in an issue of Waffle Fried Magazine in February.

Thanks for reading. :)
August 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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polyscribe70.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Joe Darlington and Manchester Review of books for this stunning review of my collection Things Grown Distant, still available from @confingopublishing.bsky.social manchestereviewofbooks.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/t...
June 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
steverinod.bsky.social
This short (yay!) poem is in the incredibly incredible Northern Gravy Anthology that has just hit the shelves.

Also, if anyone is looking for something to read one of my books is on sale at Amazon for €3.69 (down from €14.49) - www.amazon.ie/As-Meant-Som...

Thanks for reading. :)
August 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM