Maeve O'Sullivan

Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann is delighted to welcome Jane Hirshfield and Paula Meehan for a poetry reading as part of the inaugural Eavan Boland Weekend. 📅 Friday 24 April @ 6:30pm 📍James Joyce Centre, Dublin 1 🎟️ Tickets via poetryireland.ie/news-events/ea…

@hifsays Looks great, lovely photos!

Honored to attend the inauguration of the “Japan in Art” exhibition at Pakistan National Council of the Arts(PNCA) Islamabad, organized by the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan in collaboration with PNCA and PJCA. 1/3

My mother-in-law said my quilt looks like a thrift store threw up on my bed—and honestly, I’ve never been more proud of anything in my life. It took me two years to make it. Every square is a different fabric, most of them from clothes my kids outgrew, old curtains, or tablecloths I found at estate sales. That orange floral square in the corner was my daughter’s first Easter dress. The dark blue paisley came from the shirt my husband wore on our first date—the one with the torn pocket he refused to throw away until I finally cut it up for this quilt. When my mother-in-law came over last week, she looked at my bedroom and said, “It’s very busy, isn’t it?” in that tone that really means, “This is hideous and you have terrible taste.” She told me her quilts are all coordinated—matching fabrics, neat and professional. Mine, she said, looks chaotic. And she’s right. It is chaotic. It’s every stage of my life stitched together in squares that don’t match, colors that clash on purpose, and patterns that compete with each other. I learned to quilt from YouTube videos at midnight after everyone else went to sleep, poking my fingers until they bled because I couldn’t figure out how to use a thimble. I bought most of the backing fabric from someone’s destash sale on a shop—eight yards of this beautiful dark floral for twenty dollars. I found binding supplies there too from a woman who quit quilting after her divorce and just wanted everything gone. We ended up messaging about our projects, and she showed me how to do proper mitered corners and even sent me links to other quilters on the app who sell vintage fabric scraps. My mother-in-law’s perfectly coordinated quilts sit folded in her linen closet, wrapped in plastic. Mine is on my bed every single night—covered in dog hair, coffee stains, and the weight of every memory I stitched into it. Cheesy or not, it’s the most honest thing I’ve ever made. -driftwood SH

@Mr_Husky1 Gorgeous, well done!

@themothmagazine I love his work. He has a great one about passing one’s death day every year without knowing it.

❛ you can't you can never be sure / you die without knowing/ whether anything you wrote was any good / if you have to be sure don't write Poet W. S. Merwin, who died #OTD in 2019.

@arealmofwonder Great poem!

Stop for a moment, and read... • Mary Oliver •

@the4facedliar @SineadGrif Impressive CV! 🌟

With submissions for Issue 5 opening soon, meet the team behind The Four Faced Liar! More information is always available, as well as copies of Issue 4, on our website: the4facedliar.com

@johncreedon @Rhona_Greene @rte @RTEOne @RTERadio1 @RTE_Culture What voice! Guth den scoth 👌🏻

The Irish nation has lost one of it's finest jewels. Dolores Keane has left us. Comhbhrón ó chroí le muintir Uí Chéin.

Wordle 1,731 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😊

A word to eternally treasure...

@Elaineeae @AilishSinclair 👌🏻

My 6 yr old granddaughter Lily won 1st prize in her school Eisteddfod on St David’s Day with this amazing painting of Cardiff Castle. It was painted in school so definitely all her own work. So proud of her 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

@hifsays Hi Hifsa, I hope you’re well. I’ve sent you a DM, just in case you don’t check them very often!

@Debbie_Strange @OfficialVCBF Congrats, Debbie. Are you still on X?

Honoured to receive a Sakura Award (Canada) in the 2025 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku Contest: TY @OfficialVCBF afternoon tea house finches stir up the cherry blossoms #haiku #haiga #CherryBlossoms #finch #tea

@NiamhMacCabe Congrats! 🥳

Got teary-eyed when I finally held it. Which is synonymous with terror-ised. Front, back, and last page of first story. 🦚🤓

.@Ronsexsmith288 My buddy @TheTrionaWalsh and I are on our way to the Ambassador in #Dublin to see the Ronmeister - yay!

Happy #IWD2026. I’ve been working on this playlist, sure give it a listen: 🎶 Wimmin’s playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/0Gkvg…

@poetryireland Great choice. Moyra is a wonderful poet! 🌟

Today we take the time to celebrate all the brilliant women in our lives for International Women's Day ♥💪 See here Moyra Donaldson's 'A Dangerous Woman' from Poetry Ireland Review Issue 81, edited by Peter Sirr.

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