Karen J McDonnell
@karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social
Poet | Writer | Broadcaster | Bookish | West of Ireland | This Little World, TIDAL, (Doire Press) | Irish Poem of the Year shortlist | artscouncil.ie award | karenjmcdonnell.com
Barely awake after a couple of hectic days in Capital City, and this lovely thing happens!
My thanks to Mícheál McCann for his reading of the poems in TIDAL and his review in today's Irish Times.
I am a happy lapin. @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #tidal #poetry
My thanks to Mícheál McCann for his reading of the poems in TIDAL and his review in today's Irish Times.
I am a happy lapin. @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #tidal #poetry
October 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Barely awake after a couple of hectic days in Capital City, and this lovely thing happens!
My thanks to Mícheál McCann for his reading of the poems in TIDAL and his review in today's Irish Times.
I am a happy lapin. @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #tidal #poetry
My thanks to Mícheál McCann for his reading of the poems in TIDAL and his review in today's Irish Times.
I am a happy lapin. @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #tidal #poetry
Thanks to everyone for a mighty launch day in Ennis, and to Clare Libraries for the fab venue. Kate Ennals gave us a lovely launch speech.
Copies of TIDAL are available from Doire Press www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Copies of TIDAL are available from Doire Press www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
September 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thanks to everyone for a mighty launch day in Ennis, and to Clare Libraries for the fab venue. Kate Ennals gave us a lovely launch speech.
Copies of TIDAL are available from Doire Press www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Copies of TIDAL are available from Doire Press www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
You're invited to the Clare launch of my new poetry collection, TIDAL from @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #poetry #Tidal
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #poetry #Tidal
August 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
You're invited to the Clare launch of my new poetry collection, TIDAL from @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #poetry #Tidal
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #poetry #Tidal
MILADY: Are you going to do one of those video thingummyjigs?
ME: Do you want to be in the photo or not?
MILADY:
#coverrevealday #tidal #newcollection #poetry #thiswriterslife @doirepress.bsky.social
ME: Do you want to be in the photo or not?
MILADY:
#coverrevealday #tidal #newcollection #poetry #thiswriterslife @doirepress.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
MILADY: Are you going to do one of those video thingummyjigs?
ME: Do you want to be in the photo or not?
MILADY:
#coverrevealday #tidal #newcollection #poetry #thiswriterslife @doirepress.bsky.social
ME: Do you want to be in the photo or not?
MILADY:
#coverrevealday #tidal #newcollection #poetry #thiswriterslife @doirepress.bsky.social
And what's this?, Milady wonders.
August 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
And what's this?, Milady wonders.
Another year around the sun. Another day around Dublin.
#Bloomsday
#Bloomsday
June 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Another year around the sun. Another day around Dublin.
#Bloomsday
#Bloomsday
It arrived, Izz Cafe - along with the freekah & zatar.
Thanks, Izz!
Thanks, Izz!
June 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It arrived, Izz Cafe - along with the freekah & zatar.
Thanks, Izz!
Thanks, Izz!
June 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Thank you to ever-dependable @kennysbookshop.bsky.social - my pre-order arrived in yesterday's post.
@elainefeeney.bsky.social is in the house!
Looking forward to this.
@elainefeeney.bsky.social is in the house!
Looking forward to this.
May 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you to ever-dependable @kennysbookshop.bsky.social - my pre-order arrived in yesterday's post.
@elainefeeney.bsky.social is in the house!
Looking forward to this.
@elainefeeney.bsky.social is in the house!
Looking forward to this.
@nigelslater.bsky.social it's all your fault.
I've had a hip op and I decided to read Toast (again).
Every day has become bittersweet torture. Today, I'm dying for huge slice of coffee cake, and a walnut whip (or two). Baking & crutches are a bad combo, and Nutmeg is hopeless in the kitchen!
I've had a hip op and I decided to read Toast (again).
Every day has become bittersweet torture. Today, I'm dying for huge slice of coffee cake, and a walnut whip (or two). Baking & crutches are a bad combo, and Nutmeg is hopeless in the kitchen!
May 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
@nigelslater.bsky.social it's all your fault.
I've had a hip op and I decided to read Toast (again).
Every day has become bittersweet torture. Today, I'm dying for huge slice of coffee cake, and a walnut whip (or two). Baking & crutches are a bad combo, and Nutmeg is hopeless in the kitchen!
I've had a hip op and I decided to read Toast (again).
Every day has become bittersweet torture. Today, I'm dying for huge slice of coffee cake, and a walnut whip (or two). Baking & crutches are a bad combo, and Nutmeg is hopeless in the kitchen!
Holy moly!
Costa del Clare.
Costa del Clare.
April 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Holy moly!
Costa del Clare.
Costa del Clare.
The gentians are peeping up in the Burren. So lovely to go looking for them in yesterday's sunshine. Lunch at the Burren Perfumery was a delicious bonus.
April 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The gentians are peeping up in the Burren. So lovely to go looking for them in yesterday's sunshine. Lunch at the Burren Perfumery was a delicious bonus.
And also with you, says Nutmeg.
March 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
And also with you, says Nutmeg.
Me. Two weeks ago.
March 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Me. Two weeks ago.
A candle lit this Little Christmas for anyone who needs it.
January 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A candle lit this Little Christmas for anyone who needs it.
POEM AT CHRISTMAS FOR A FRIEND
Good friend –
whether pagan or not,
for those who watch
a mid-winter message rises:
The light will regain its strength.
Have no fear.
#WinterSolstice
(c) Karen J McDonnell
Good friend –
whether pagan or not,
for those who watch
a mid-winter message rises:
The light will regain its strength.
Have no fear.
#WinterSolstice
(c) Karen J McDonnell
December 21, 2024 at 11:22 AM
POEM AT CHRISTMAS FOR A FRIEND
Good friend –
whether pagan or not,
for those who watch
a mid-winter message rises:
The light will regain its strength.
Have no fear.
#WinterSolstice
(c) Karen J McDonnell
Good friend –
whether pagan or not,
for those who watch
a mid-winter message rises:
The light will regain its strength.
Have no fear.
#WinterSolstice
(c) Karen J McDonnell
#WolfHall
#TheMirrorAndTheLight
The lighting! Tonight's episode in particular. And I don't know where to start with the costumes & design. Magnificent, like Mantel's writing. Wish she'd been around to see Rylance take Crum all the way to the end.
#TheMirrorAndTheLight
The lighting! Tonight's episode in particular. And I don't know where to start with the costumes & design. Magnificent, like Mantel's writing. Wish she'd been around to see Rylance take Crum all the way to the end.
December 15, 2024 at 11:21 PM
#WolfHall
#TheMirrorAndTheLight
The lighting! Tonight's episode in particular. And I don't know where to start with the costumes & design. Magnificent, like Mantel's writing. Wish she'd been around to see Rylance take Crum all the way to the end.
#TheMirrorAndTheLight
The lighting! Tonight's episode in particular. And I don't know where to start with the costumes & design. Magnificent, like Mantel's writing. Wish she'd been around to see Rylance take Crum all the way to the end.
December 4, 2024 at 9:31 AM
As #StormBert sneaks in, the Christmas gingerbread is out of the oven. It freezes brilliantly. Great to get ahead with edible pressies.
#thiswriterslife
#thiswriterslife
November 22, 2024 at 9:42 PM
As #StormBert sneaks in, the Christmas gingerbread is out of the oven. It freezes brilliantly. Great to get ahead with edible pressies.
#thiswriterslife
#thiswriterslife
Baile Ui Bheachain, an Chlair
(gan fada 😐).
(gan fada 😐).
November 21, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Baile Ui Bheachain, an Chlair
(gan fada 😐).
(gan fada 😐).
Here, have a bit of ours!
November 21, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Here, have a bit of ours!