Poetry Ireland Review Issue 129Poetry Ireland Review is a highly regarded journal of poetry. Published three times a year, the Review includes the work of both emerging and established Irish and international poets, essayists, critics and visual artists.

winner of the 2007 Welsh Book of the Year Award

and Ma Shepherd

Over coffee at Leeds’ Opposite Cafe

but the Court of Appeal

" 24 Hours

sly logic of disobedient matter and the ‘indecent mischief’ of things – a bloody razor

alphabet poem: for kids

with the assistance of Yann Lovelock

this collection will be a catalyst for the future of drama in Wales

It is an invaluable repository of history

and to the “Voltaire of the Nile” (as the French press called him) Egyptian author Albert Cossery

they focus on paying attention: