Description
As part of our Second Tuesday Series, we are delighted to offer an online craft seminar with Sinéad Morrissey entitled Writing from the Inside: On Immediacy of Poetic Address.
The seminar will be held via Zoom on Tuesday October 13th from 7pm – 8.30pm.
Tickets are now on sale. We expect demand to be high so please book early to avoid disappointment.
The Second Tuesday Series is intended to offer writers a space to gather, share their experiences, and learn from one another. All events are run online via Zoom from 7pm.
The series features writers in conversation, discussion with participants, as well as craft seminars.
The Seminar:
Writing from the Inside: On Immediacy of Poetic Address.
with Sinéad Morrissey
7pm-8.30pm, Tuesday October 13th
‘If the poem, like the short story, should ‘begin late and end early’, what are some poetic strategies for maximising immediacy? What freight can the poem afford to lose? In this seminar we’ll explore the art of writing from the inside through four modes: concision, voice, address and teleportation. Reading to be supplied in advance but will include poems by Yusef Komunyakaa, Les Murray and Emily Berry.’
Sinéad was interviewed by Declan Meade in September 2002 following the publication of her second poetry collection Between Here and There (2002). She was working as Writer-in-Residence at Queen’s University, Belfast, and was working towards her third collection. The interview was published in Issue 5 Volume 2 of The Stinging Fly.
Tickets to attend seminar:
Full price: €25 / Unwaged and low income price: €15
The seminar will be conducted via Zoom with a maximum of 45 participants. Places are available on a first-come, first-served basis. We are unable to refund tickets once purchased.
Participants will receive an email prior to the date of the seminar with a link to join the seminar. Please keep an eye on your spam or junk mail folder if you have not received the link before the seminar date.
Please note: This seminar is a live event and will not be recorded.
Sinéad Morrissey is the author of six collections of poetry and a memoir, Among Communists (2026). Her numerous awards include the Irish Times Poetry Prize, the T S Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize. Her next collection, In All Our Clothes, is forthcoming from Carcanet in 2027.
