Poetry 2023
Read, watch, listen to and find poetry written by Anne Casey and published in 2023 via the links below.
Journals, magazines, newspapers ETc:
- 'Idir Oispidéal Galair agus Teach na mBocht', 'Ocras' and'Warrung gathering' - a suite of poems commissioned as part of Anne Casey's shortlisting for the Red Room Fellowship 2022 were published by Red Room Poetry in January 2023, along with audio files of Anne Casey reading each poem with short introductions and a poem-film of 'Idir Oispidéal Galair agus Teach na mBocht'. These poems derive from Anne's doctoral research at the University of Technology Sydney.
- 'Two poets hold conversation across continents during lockdown' - a poetry reading by Anne Casey and Heather Bourbeau was broadcast on Radio KALW / 91.7 FM Bay Area Radio (San Francisco) in February 2023.
- 'Love in a time of plague' was published in the Polaris Trilogy in February 2023 - to be sent to the moon on the NASA Lunar Codex flight. Along with poems selected from each continent to tell Earth's story, this poem will be protected from radiation and preserved for millions of years. It will be available for reading by astronauts who visit the moon for exploration and when stopping off on the way to Mars.
- 'I will arise and go' was published in the Australian Citizenship Ceremony commemorative booklet as part of the Sydney St Patrick's Day Parade and Festival in March 2023.
- 'Othering' was published in Axon Journal (The Centre for Creative & Cultural Research at University of Canberra) Vol 12 No 2 in March 2023. This poem was written as part of doctoral work in history and archival poetics at the University of Technology Sydney funded by an Australian Government Research Training Scholarship and bursary.
- 'Portrait of Kevin Barry in The Irish Times' was published in Rattle #79 on 1 March 2023 and was featured along with an audio reading by Rattle as the Poem of the Day on 24 March 2023.
- 'Trade balance' was published in Under The Radar magazine (Nine Arches Press), Issue 30, The Food Issue in April 2023.
- 'Examination', 'Scarcity Commission', 'A City Girl' and 'Speciation' were published in Other Terrain journal (Swinburne University), Issue 11 in April 2023.
- 'In Memoriam II: The Draper', 'Season of Samhain', 'All Souls', 'How to survive an apocalypse', 'Nothing happens in the burbs', 'The BBC Reports', 'Idir Oispidéal Galair agus
Teach na mBocht/Between the Fever Hospital and the Poorhouse' and 'Suggestions for living' were featured in text and readings by Anne Casey on Rattlecast #195 with Timothy Green, Managing Editor of Rattle magazine on 22 May (US EST). View on YouTube. Listen on SoundCloud, iTunes and mp3. - 'By afternoon's slanting was published in Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation Issue 47,1 & 2, 2021 (published in May 2023).
- A reading by Anne Casey of her poem 'In memoriam II: The Draper' was featured in a radio interview by Pat Flynn on Atlantic Tales on Clare FM Radio in Ireland on 28 June 2023.
- A reading by Anne Casey of her poem 'By afternoon's slanting' was featured by radio presenter, Lou Steer on her 'Close to Home' radio program on Radio Skid Row 88.9 FM on 13 July 2023 - in solidarity with work by poetry advocate, Les Wicks for the World Poetry Movement Congress in Medellin, Colombia.
- 'Endurance’ - which was a Finalist in the American Writers Review Prize 2023 - was published in American Writers Review 2023 on 29 July 2023.
- 'The Minister for Bushfire Emergency is reassigned to Floods', 'Some days you're the seed, some days the bird' and 'Coastal descant' were published in 'Fevers of the Mind' on 3 August 2023.
- 'Idir Oispidéal Galair agus Teach na mBocht/Between the Fever Hospital and the Poorhouse' - a bilingual poem written by Anne Casey in Irish and English - was published in Tinteán Magazine on 10 August 2023. This poem was commissioned as part of the Red Room Poetry Fellowship 2022 and was first published by Red Room Poetry. It derives from doctoral work in history and archival poetics at the University of Technology Sydney funded by an Australian Government Research Training Scholarship and bursary.
- 'Where gulls cry' was published in 'Tonnta na Farraige Glas/Waves of Green Light' to celebrate Irish Cultural Heritage in Australia as part of the ICOMOS General Assembly 2023 in September 2023.
- 'Vestigial Imprint' was published in 'The Art of Touch' anthology (University of Georgia Press), edited by Joan Schweighardt and Faye Rapoport DesPres, in October 2023.
- 'Tawny frogmouths' was published in 'The Best Australian Science Writing 2023' (NewSouthPublishing), edited by Donna Lu, in November 2023.
- 'Mise Aisling' was published in 'Soak: UTS Writers' Anthology 2023' (Brio Books and University of Technology Sydney) in November 2023. This poem derives from doctoral research into the children of Irish famine immigrants to Australia, together with writing in history and archival poetics at the University of Technology Sydney funded by an Australian Government Research Training Scholarship and bursary.
- 'Exhibit A' was published on 'Poem Today' in December 2023. This poem is from 'the light we cannot see' poetry collection (Salmon Poetry 2021).
- 'Season of Brigid' and 'Season of Samhain' were set to music composed by internationally renowned chamber music composer and artist, David Yardley. Both poems were recorded with singers from The Song Company and the Sydney Chamber Choir, and featured on David Yardley's music album, 'The Last Codex of Avalon, Volume II' which was officially launched at The Song Company Studio, Wharf 4/5, Hickson Road, Sydney on 17 December 2023.
Internationally award-winning poet and writer
***BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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"out of emptied cups" poetry collection by Anne Casey (Salmon Poetry 2019)
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"Portrait of a Woman Walking Home" poetry book by Anne Casey (Recent Work Press 2021)