The story of how the award-nominated spoken word play “Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About” was made. Reflections and recollections.
A story from the early 2000s in NYC, when my poetry was published for the first time in “Lilies & Cannonballs Review.” This experience kickstarted my writing career.
A witty and wistful look at what it means to be creative.
Wise words from German filmmaker Wim Wenders
A couple of snaps of me in full poetry flow at last night’s spoken word/poetry evening at the Sandymount Community Centre. A beautiful evening with a warm friendly crowd. Art is good for the heart.
I’ve been thinking about creative patterns and behaviours a lot recently. So often we follow tried and trusted paths for our creative pursuits. It’s easier. It’s comfortable. It works. But sometimes it’s worth taking a chance. A risk. Doing something a bit new. A bit unexpected. Something that might even be a bit scary. And […]
Elmore Leonard offers some sagely advice about the art of writing.
Great art can come from anywhere. These are the pleasing results of a recent experiment using clippings from the newspaper to create poems.
For anyone new to my website, I just wanted to holler about the recent publication of our award-nominated spoken word play, Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About. A decade ago we staged this show at the Dublin Fringe and subsequently toured it around Europe to huge critical acclaim. It was one of […]
Finished this beautiful television series last night. A brilliantly acted and wonderfully written series about the human stories at the heart of the AIDS epidemic in the 80s in London. Utterly heartbreaking at times but ultimately a gorgeous story of love, queer identity and friendship. A compelling piece of storytelling that is very worthy of […]
