Internationally award-winning poet and writer
Poetry 2021
Read, watch, listen to and find poetry written by Anne Casey and published in 2021 via the links below.
Journals, magazines, newspapers ETc:
- 'Suggestions for living, a cento' was published in 'Days of Clear Light' (Salmon Poetry 2021), a poetry anthology to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Salmon Poetry in January 2021. Edited by Nessa O'Mahony and Alan Hayes, the anthology includes a foreword by President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins. View a video of the anthology launch party and readings.
- A poetic letter by Anne Casey was published in 'The Lost Letters of Flann O'Brien' (The Pen and Pencil Gallery 2021) in January 2021, produced by Professor Gerry Smyth, Liverpool John Moores University, and edited by Gerry McGowan and Andrew Sherlock.
- A video reading of 'Nothing happens in the burbs' by Anne Casey was published in February 2021 by Poetry Sydney as part of the Vessels of Love series, a collaboration with Lendlease, Barangaroo and sponsored by the City of Sydney.
- A video reading of 'Come and find me' was included in the international vigil led by Fr Gerry O'Connor on 27 February 2021, appealing for the safe return of Irishman, Richard O'Halloran who is detained in China.
- 'Encomium hymenopus coronatus' was published in Not Very Quiet Journal, Issue 8: Mask in March 2021.
- 'Singularity', 'How to survive an apocalypse' and 'Suggestions for living, a cento' were featured in Damien Donnelly's Eat the Storms podcast on 20 March 2021.
- 'I will arise and go' was read as part of the official Australian Citizenship Ceremony at the Sydney St Patrick's Day Festival 2021, presided over by Senator Deborah O'Neill on 21 March 2021. The poem was also printed in the official program for the ceremony.
- 'Exiled', 'Poleaxed' and 'Regenesis' were published in Globalisation anthology (MMH Press 2021) in March 2021.
- 'Either way, the fact remains' was published as a filmpoem by Unheard Poetry (UK) in April 2021. This poem won 3rd Prize in the International Proverse Poetry Prize 2019 (Hong Kong) and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2021 by Beltway Poetry Quarterly.
- 'In memoriam II: The draper' was featured as Poem of the Day on 7 April 2021 by Irish actor and musician, Davóg Rynne as part of his reading series.
- 'Singularity' and 'Pellucid dreaming' were published in English, with translation into Serbian in Anthology Serbia 2021: World Poets, edited by Marija Najthefer Popov, in April 2021.
- 'She understood' was published in Surviving Suicide international poetry anthology, edited by Dean Staltham, with foreword by Carlotta Allum, produced by Yuyutsu Sharm for Nirala Publications, in April 2021.
- 'Night traps' won 1st Place in the International Proverse Poetry Prize 2020 and was published in Mingled Voices 5: International Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2020 (Proverse Hong Kong 2021) in April 2021. A video of Anne Casey reading 'Night traps' was featured at the awards ceremony in Hong Kong in April 2021. View the full awards ceremony here.
- A video reading of 'Where gulls cry' was featured as part of the Poetry is Borderless poetry and music production to celebrate Poetry Day Ireland, which was curated by Amy Barry and released on 29 April 2021.
- 'Prayer-fish' was published in Crosswinds in April 2021. This poem won 2nd Prize in the Crosswinds Poetry Contest 2020 (USA).
- 'Calling my mother' was published in the Bedford Writing Competition 2020 Anthology in April 2021. This poem was shortlisted in the Bedford Writing Competition 2020 (UK).
- 'Pellucid dreaming', 'When a woman I've never met asks me to post a photo of myself feeling beautiful' and 'Past the slip' were published in unfurl journal on 3 May 2021.
- 'The light we cannot see' was published in Griffith Review 72: States of Mind in May 2021.
- 'A terrible beauty', 'Antipodean interlude' and 'Regenesis' were published in Poetry and COVID, an initiative of University of Plymouth, Nottingham Trent University and UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.
- 'Antipodean interlude' and 'on monday' were featured in the Unheard Poetry Corner Podcast on 7 May 2021 as Part 1 of a two-part interview with Anne Casey.
- 'Either way the fact remains' was featured in the Unheard Poetry Corner Podcast on 7 May as Part 2 of a two-part interview with Anne Casey.
- 'Red-hot sting' was published in May 2021 in What We Carry: Poetry on childbearing anthology (Recent Work Press 2021), edited by Ella Kurz, Simone King and Claire Delahunty.
- 'the light we cannot see' poetry collection by Anne Casey was published by Salmon Poetry in June 2021.
- 'the light we cannot see' poetry collection was featured by The Society of Women Writers of New South Wales in June 2021.
- 'Pellucid dreaming' and a profile of Anne Casey were published by Red Room Poetry in June 2021.
- 'Our Prime Minister says the vaccine is not a silver bullet' won 1st Prize in the American Writers Review Competition 2021 and was published in American Writers Review 2021: Turmoil and Recovery in June 2021.
- 'Some days you're the seed, some days the bird' and 'Coastal descant' were published in American Writers Review 2021: Turmoil and Recovery in June 2021.
- 'Season of Brigid' and 'Yang mouths to me' (use page toggle to move to second page for both poems) were published in Abridged 0 - 69: Nemesis in July 2021.
- 'Ingrain' was published in Borderless: A transnational anthology of feminist poetry (Recent Work Press 2021) in July 2021.
- 'Season of Brigid' (written by Anne Casey) was recorded by Irish actor and performance artist, Davóg Rynne and published with artwork by Irish artist, Seán Fitzgerald in Rochford Street Review on 9 August 2021.
- 'Constitutional' was published in The Irish Times on 9 August 2021 - see end of essay by Anne Casey entitled 'On our watch: 'the light we cannot see'.
- 'in a sunburnt country' was published in the Mary Evans Picture Library, an archive of historical and cinema images in the UK, on 27 August 2021.
- 'The Minister for Bushfire Recovery is reassigned to Floods' was longlisted for the Live Canon 2021 International Poetry Competition and published in the 2021 Live Canon Anthology in October 2021.
- 'All Souls' was published, with Anne Casey as 'Day 34 of 365 Feature Poet', as part of the Salmon Poetry 40th Anniversary celebrations in October 2021.
- 'The BBC reports', 'Exiled' and 'A terrible beauty' were published in Our Poetry Archive, October 2021 issue.
- 'Portrait of a Woman Walking Home', a poetry book by Anne Casey, was published by Recent Work Press in September 2021.
- 'In one hundred days' was published in 'Not Very Quiet' poetry anthology by Recent Work Press in October 2021.
- 'At sea' and 'All the beautiful outcasts' were published in 'Poetry for the Planet' ecopoetry anthology in October 2021, with proceeds going to the Australian Conservation Foundation.
- 'Portrait of a Woman Walking Home' was featured by the Society of Women Writers of New South Wales in November 2021.
- 'Breaking winter's spell', 'Danger in low-lying areas' and 'Hope spell' were published in The Creative Zine, Winter Issue in November 2021.
- 'Calling my mother' was published in the The Ros Spencer Contest Anthology 2020/21 : Brushstrokes II (WA Poets 2021), selected by Ann Gilchrist and Mike Greenacre, in November 2021.
- 'Portrait of a funeral arrangement' was published in Fevers of the Mind in November 2021.
- 'Whisperings', set to music by internationally renowned composer, David Yardley and recorded with Sydney Chamber Choir was released on The Lost Codex of Avalon music album in December 2021.
- 'In memoriam II: The draper' and 'Come and find me' were published as part an interview by Irish Women Abroad in December 2021.
- 'Ingrain' was published in Verity La magazine in December 2021.
- 'Some days you're the seed, some days the bird' was published in Australian Poetry Anthology, Volume 9, 2021-2022, eds. Lucy Dougan and Michelle D'Souza in December 2021.