Read and listen to poetry written by Anne Casey and published in 2020 via the links below.
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- Eight poems written and read by Anne Casey were filmed in 2019 and published on 3 January 2020 by University College Dublin Special Collections, part of the Irish Poetry Reading Archive at James Joyce Library in UCD, with special thanks to Ursula Byrne, Evelyn Flanagan and team. A handwritten, signed copy of each poem has also been included in the archive. The poetry readings can be viewed here:
- 'Between ebb and flow' This poem is from the book 'where the lost things go' (Salmon Poetry 2017, 2nd ed 2018).
- 'All Souls' This poem is from the book 'out of emptied cups' (Salmon Poetry 2019).
- 'In a sunburnt country' This poem is from the book 'out of emptied cups' (Salmon Poetry 2019).
- 'In memoriam II: The draper' This poem is from the book 'where the lost things go' (Salmon Poetry 2017, 2nd ed 2018).
- 'Observance' This poem is from the book 'out of emptied cups' (Salmon Poetry 2019).
- 'I will arise and go' This poem is from the book 'out of emptied cups' (Salmon Poetry 2019).
- 'Come and find me' This poem is from the book 'where the lost things go' (Salmon Poetry 2017, 2nd ed 2018).
- 'Credos' This poem is from the book 'where the lost things go' (Salmon Poetry 2017, 2nd ed 2018).
- 'This is not a drill' was published in The Irish Times on 11 January 2020 (see end of article).
- 'All Souls', 'if i were to tell you', 'At sea' and 'Recipe for a Giant Pickle' were published in unfurl Issue 1 in January 2020. Sound recordings of Anne Casey reading 'All Souls' and 'if i were to tell you' were also featured in unfurl Issue 1, 2020.
- 'if i were to tell you' and 'crush' were featured in Digging Press/Digging Through The Fat in February 2020.
- 'burnt offerings' was recorded by multi-award-winning Australian poet, filmmaker and actor, Richard James Allen and published on Richard Reads in February 2020.
- 'Welcome to your Life Cruises self-guided tour [Official transcript]' was awarded 1st Place in the Into the Void Poetry Prize 2020 (Canada) and published in Into the Void magazine on 14 February 2020.
- ‘After the worst’ and 'One fine day' were published in From the Ashes anthology in aid of Australian bushfire relief, edited by CS Hughes and published by Maximum Felix Media in February 2020.
- 'A letter from the Colonies' - a poem in the form of a letter, was published in leading national daily newspaper, The Irish Times on 2 March 2020, featuring in the paper's Most Read items (see end of article).
- 'All the beautiful outcasts' was published in Westerly Magazine (The University of Western Australia) on 19 March 2020.
- 'In memoriam II: The draper', 'Come and find me', 'if i were to tell you', 'in a sunburnt country', 'Singularity', 'nothing happens in the burbs' and 'All Souls' - a video recording of Anne Casey reading at the 17 January 2020 Reading the River event was published in Rochford Street Review on 21 March 2020.
- A recording of Anne Casey reading her poem, 'Between ebb and flow' was published in Poetry Jukebox Request Time on 27 March 2020.
- 'Whisperings' won 1st Prize in the inaugural Published Fantasy Authors Competition and will be set to music by Australian composer, David Yardley for release on the music album “The Lost Codex of Avalon” featuring some of Australia’s finest musicians - announced on 29 March 2020.
- 'What's in a name' and 'Cross-stitched' were published in The Journal (The Australian-Irish Heritage Association of Western Australia) in March 2020.
- An audio file of Anne Casey reading her award-winning poem 'if i were to tell you' was published, with introduction by Angela Dye, in The Blue Nib Literary Magazine as part of the Inkpods series on 5 April 2020.
- 'Homing', 'Come and find me' and 'Singularity' were published in Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Spring Issue in April 2020.
- 'where once she danced' - a lament for the Great Barrier Reef - was Commended and published in the Sutherland Shire Literary Competition 2020 anthology online and in print.
- 'Either way, the fact remains' was awarded 3rd Prize in the International Proverse Poetry Prize (Hong Kong) and published in Mingled Voices 4 prize anthology (Proverse Publishing 2020).
- 'Season of Brigid' was shortlisted for The Plough Prize 2019 (UK), announced in April 2020. 'Signals by sea', 'Night traps' and 'When a woman I’ve never met asks me to post a photo of myself feeling beautiful' were longisted for The Plough Prize 2019 (UK).
- 'All Souls' was published in In Your Hands poetry anthology (The Red Room Company 2020).
- 'on monday, i ate three strawberries, a pear, a palmful of sunflower seeds & one nicely ripe banana' was awarded 3rd Prize and published as part of the Poetry Day Ireland Competition 2020 - Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Poetry Ireland and the Research Institute. A video recording of Anne Casey reading the poem was included as part of the awards announcement.
- 'Antipodean interlude' was published in the Boyne Berries 28, Summer 2020 - The COVID Issue for Poetry Day Ireland on 30 April 2020.
- 'Observance' was published in Embody 2 anthology (Verity La 2020) in May 2020.
- 'Recipe for a Giant Pickle', 'Thank you for shopping with us' and 'where once she danced' were published by Extinction Rebellion Creative Hub in May 2020.
- An audio recording of Anne Casey reading 'Come and find me' was published by The Cateran Ecomuseum on 25 May 2020.
- Ten poems by Anne Casey were featured in Poets' Corner: A reading by Anne Casey hosted by David Adès published by WestWords on 28 May 2020.
- 'Past the slip' received Honorable Mention in the Crosswinds Poetry Contest 2020 and was published in Crosswinds Poetry Journal in May 2020.
- A video of Anne Casey reading 'Antipodean interlude' was published on 5 June 2020 as part of Poetry on the Move Festival at the University of Canberra (moved online due to COVID-19).
- A video of Anne Casey reading 'where once she danced' was published as part of the Fly on the Wall Press ecopoetry celebration of World Environment Day on 5 June 2020.
- 'Changeling' was published in Heron Clan VII anthology (Katherine James Books) in June 2020.
- 'Singularity', 'where the lost things go' and 'In memoriam II: The draper' were published in 'A Plague of Poetry' on 15 June 2020. A video of Anne Casey reading 'Singularity' was also published was also included.
- An excerpt from the poem 'How to survive an Apolcalypse' was published in Brave World Magazine on 16 June 2020.
- A poetry film featuring the poems 'Antipodean interlude' and 'on monday...' was created and published by Unheard Poetry in July 2020.
- 'Days like today', 'Fellow traveller', 'Leaning towards solas' and 'Desiderata' were published in Ablucionistas on 9 July 2020.
- 'When a woman I've never met asks me to post a photo of myself feeling beautiful' was published in Australian Poetry Anthology Vol 8 in July 2020. This poem was longlisted for The Plough Prize 2019 (UK).
- As part of a collaboration with chart-topping Australian hip hop artist, Tuka, Anne Casey's poems, 'Nothing happens in the burbs' and 'Wildness' feature on his 2020 album, 'Nothing In Common But You' released on 31 July 2020.
- 'This is not a drill' and 'Burnt offerings' were published in Wordpeace Journal in August 2020.
- 'Signals by sea' was published in Tahoma Literary Review, Summer, Issue 18 in August 2020. A sound recording of Anne Casey reading 'Signals by sea' was also published by Tahoma Literary Review in August 2020. This poem was a Finalist and Commended in the 45th Annual Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Prize 2019 and was longlisted for The Plough Prize 2019 (UK).
- 'Between ebb and flow'and 'You'll never walk alone' were published in English and German in Words and Worlds Magazine in August 2020 - German translation by Dr Aftab Husain, with sincere thanks.
- 'Antipodean interlude'and 'on monday...' were published in Life in Quarantine at Stanford University in August 2020.
- 'Like Hesperus o'er the western sea' was published in Connecticut River Review 2020 in August 2020. This poem was shortlisted for the Allingham Poetry Competition 2019 (Ireland)
- 'You'll never walk alone' was published, along with an audio recording of Anne Casey reading the poem, in Not Very Quiet Issue 7, Memoir in September 2020.
- 'She understood', 'For all he gave' and 'Portrait of a funeral arrangement' were shortlisted for the ACU Prize for Poetry 2020 and published in the prize anthology in September 2020.
- 'Singularity', 'I will arise and go', 'nothing happens in the burbs', 'wildness', 'Past the slip' and 'Come and find me' were featured in the Poetry is Bread series, curated by Tina Cane, Poet Laureate of Rhode Island, USA and supported by the Academy of American Poets, in October 2020.
- 'This is not a drill' was published in 'Messages from the Embers' anthology (Black Quill Press) in October 2020.
- 'Either way, the fact remains' and 'where once she danced' were published in Beltway Poetry Quarterly in October 2020.
- A recording of 'She understood' was published on the Poetry Channel curated by Beltway Poetry Quarterly Managing Editor, Indran Amrithanayagam in October 2020. This poem was shortlisted for the ACU Prize for Poetry 2020.
- 'Hope spell', 'Regenesis'and 'How to survive an apocalypse' were published in the 11th Anniversary Edition of Live Encounters magazine in October 2020.
- 'In the public interest' was published in Wrong Way Go Back anthology (Pure Slush 2020) in October 2020.
- 'out of emptied cups' poetry collection was selected for Wardrobe 'Best Dressed' by SAFTA (Sundress Academy for the Arts, curators of 'Best of the Net') in November 2020. 'PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS' was published by Sundress Publications in November 2020.
- 'Days like today' was published in Gill Stoker's Poems and Pictures in the Mary Evans Picture Library & Historical Archive (the UK’s leading specialist source for historical images and cinema).
- 'Pellucid dreaming' was published in Writing Water chapbook published by Red Room Poetry in November 2020 - as part of its launch, this book was distributed on Sydney Ferries.
- In December 2020, Anne Casey was nominated for The Pushcart Prize by Beltway Poetry Quarterly for her poem 'Either way, the fact remains'.
- 'Nowhere people' and 'Homing' were published in The Journal (Australian-Irish Heritage Association of Western Australia) in December 2020.
- 'Night traps' was a Finalist in the Atlanta Review International Poetry Contest 2020 (USA) and was published in the Fall 2020 Issue of the Atlanta Review.
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