Win a subscription to PIR
To celebrate passing the milestone of 10,000 followers on Twitter we are offering the chance to win a years subscription to Poetry Ireland Review, the Irish poetry journal of record.
To be in with a chance just leave your name in the comments below – short poems/limericks/blindingly witty comments won’t help you win… but they will keep us entertained!
Thanks to everyone who has subscribed and supported us this far – bets of luck to everyone entering the competition.
Congratulations on the 10,000. That’s grand……..times 10!
Posted by: Joe Cushnan on September 15th, 2011 at 12:52 pmIf this is the first comment.. then I probably have little chance of winning. Just the way it is.
Posted by: Daithi44 on September 15th, 2011 at 12:54 pmCongratulations on reaching that Twitter milestone.
Posted by: Paul Nunan on September 15th, 2011 at 1:35 pmCongratulations on reaching 10,000 followers.
Posted by: Patrick Huff on September 15th, 2011 at 1:35 pmHurray! 10,000 comments cannot be far behind.
Posted by: Mark Noonan on September 15th, 2011 at 1:53 pm“In the place where men often stand
barefoot above the wandering red dust rocks,
browning tones of a middling young man
on the second day of his journey
unaware of the skittering squirrel patches of pursuit by his feet
Posted by: Aaron Dockser on September 15th, 2011 at 2:26 pmand unaware of the circling red-tail trailing through squint-gleams of sun,
this man stood looking out into the absence, a gorge as some call it.”
My love is like the gallows:
Posted by: Conor Leahy on September 15th, 2011 at 2:35 pmShe sweeps me off my feet.
The heart of the moon
Posted by: Peter Cantelon on September 15th, 2011 at 2:36 pmis marrow in a broken bone
blood and black as life
dead beauty expelled
like a haunting corpse
suspended spinning beyond reach
cold old mirror reflecting life
keeping none for herself
Congrats on ten to the power of four
Posted by: Guy Barriscale on September 15th, 2011 at 3:03 pmit has been some time
since birdcall
arrived on the doorstep
or sunlight
was anything
but warm.
in the elbow
of a hollow winter,
bones have a way
of peeling
when left in the cold
too long.
but sometimes,
a seed will find its way;
it settles,
between the broken foundation
and takes root
in the stony places
Posted by: Becky Crist on September 15th, 2011 at 3:03 pmFUCK ME!why everybody boring
Posted by: Ryan on September 15th, 2011 at 11:19 pmlyrics, so called rhymes i feel like snoring
now the way i started this tale
marshall shane i can keep going ye will fail
can make things up in a split second its sad
why put things down to upset you its mads
poetry rhymes lyrics are there
not to upset but for people to share
whoever wins just remember my ink
people write when they cannot think
why talk about a broken bone
cause the words i say r comin from home
another person talks bout gallows
christ everybody is our life tha shallow
what we should write down is a upbeat thing
to put a smile not just to win
yet all we want is to moan not smile
would you rather thumb or just run that mile??
poetry ireland
Posted by: Kerry Dexter on September 16th, 2011 at 6:00 pmyour very name lends itself
to haiku. maith thu
To win a subscription would be the best thing that ever happened to me.
Posted by: Libby Hart on September 19th, 2011 at 8:25 amMy heart is tolling like a bell under water….
Posted by: Caroline O'Hagan on September 19th, 2011 at 11:49 amMy love for Poetry Ireland poses a serious threat to my marital status.
Posted by: Michael Flavin on September 19th, 2011 at 12:02 pmThe sea is dark blue, a mutiny of water
held in a pincer by the pier and the beach.
Children’s hats float there, pecked at
by gulls. Far off there’s gunfire and the sound of
electricity substations exploding
in showers of Hogmanay and Your Round.
Waking up, I grope for my pulse
Posted by: Garry Vass on September 19th, 2011 at 12:02 pmand shoot it as it attempts to escape
out of the barred window. It’s bouncing
its ball against my sides, catching itself
in a mitt, throwing again,
waiting to be let out.
now you have reached this milestone
10,ooo followers you have
we salute your great efforts
to have us feeling so glad
only for your page
where would we write our work
sharing it with others and you
some of us are old and some of us are new
we wish you many more followers
Posted by: bernie jenkins on September 19th, 2011 at 1:28 pmlet people share their taughts
writing is a form of art
something that comes from the heart .
This is just to say
Posted by: Susan Lanigan on September 19th, 2011 at 1:44 pmthat I stole the subscription for myself
Forgive me
the poems were so sweet
and so terse
There once was a girl who went, ‘Tweet!
Posted by: Lynn Roberts on September 19th, 2011 at 2:16 pmOh, give me the strength to compete -
with a sub to this mag
I should boast & I’d brag
I was lyrically more than complete!’
10K
Posted by: Patrick Willard on September 19th, 2011 at 3:21 pmOK
PIR
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Emmaleene
Posted by: Emmaleene Leahy on September 19th, 2011 at 3:27 pmOh the grand ole duke of York
He had 10,000 men …
But that has nothing to do
Posted by: Nicole O'Driscoll on September 19th, 2011 at 3:31 pmwith Poetry Ireland Review
or my chances of stealing a win.
Oh the grande ole duke of York
He had 10,00 men …
But that has nothing to do
Posted by: Nicole O'Driscoll on September 19th, 2011 at 3:32 pmwith Poetry Ireland Review
or my chances of snathing a win
From here i can see
Posted by: Richard O' Toole on September 19th, 2011 at 3:36 pmSea in kerry is close to me
Not just in winning
Dublin by my side
No place to hide
At least poetry Ireland is nationwide.
It is of mystical significance to me that one can drown in a tea cup of freshwater,
Posted by: Ron Houchin on September 19th, 2011 at 3:42 pmbut it takes more than that to breathed in
water when it comes from the sea.
Congratulations to everyone at Poetry Ireland Review. May you continue the good work in good health.
Posted by: Pam Muller on September 19th, 2011 at 4:27 pmA free SUB to PIR
Posted by: brid brophy on September 19th, 2011 at 5:06 pmsounds like a really good prize
So here’s a few words to add to the rest
If I win
I’ll be very SURPRISED
I dreamed a song of Ireland
Flute and fiddle playing strong
Tapping feet stroke stone pub floor
Well pleased the listening throng
– Congrats PI!
Posted by: Sheryl Clough on September 19th, 2011 at 6:29 pmI am not surprised so many follow it is a wonderful publication
Posted by: Joanne Crofton on September 19th, 2011 at 6:59 pmFélicitations! Keep it up
Posted by: Florence Impens on September 19th, 2011 at 7:44 pmDo people from other countries have a chance to win the subscription? Like me from Turkey for instance:)
Posted by: Ayse Nihal Akbulut on September 19th, 2011 at 8:31 pmCongratulations on the twitting success!
I’m keeping my powder dry for “real” writing, and therefore I’m posting a neutral, anodyne and appallingly boring comment. On the other hand I could have used this for writing practice. Oh well, too late now. Anodyne comment it is.
Posted by: Ronan on September 19th, 2011 at 11:39 pmBut I would make 10,000 tweets
Posted by: Mike Hopkins on September 20th, 2011 at 1:10 amAnd I would make 10,000 more
Just to be that twit who made 10,000 tweets to fall down at your door
Ah…here in USA, I am watching sunflowers,blessed hosannas rising. BB
Posted by: barbara baldwin on September 20th, 2011 at 1:48 am10,000 comments
Posted by: Peter Humphreys on September 20th, 2011 at 8:59 amlike pebbles on a beach
rittle and rattle
with the tide
but not for me
no
not for me
Congratulations! Would love to have copies of my own so that I don’t have to worry about my lunchtime coffee getting all over our copies at work
–Jen Matthews
Posted by: Jennifer Matthews on September 20th, 2011 at 3:58 pmCongratulations on reaching 10,000 Twitter followers! Major milestone, well done!
Let me give you some invaluable advice that my father once espoused to me. He said, “My boy, in life, you don’t have to win; you just have to make sure everyone else loses.”
Posted by: Damian Raftery on September 20th, 2011 at 4:52 pmCongrats!
And please enter me 
Posted by: Beatrise on September 22nd, 2011 at 3:51 amCongratulations of 10,000! Twitterific!
Posted by: Catherine Dennehy on September 25th, 2011 at 9:20 amDoes one need to be human? *shuffles awkwardly* Factories need poems too…
Posted by: Big Smoke Writing Factory on September 26th, 2011 at 3:28 pmwater,mutiny,beach and pier
wet is close as waves crush my inner ear
once again its bout an artists taste
when actually it just a waste of space
iv seperated my lines cause of “pier” pressure
two more paragraphs for my own leisure
anyone!!! can do this thing
but make sure its not a gun you bring
negativity is why we put words down
but none of us should have that frown
im lookin at sites with this poetry thing
dunno if its poem or rhymes i bring
everyone negative in what ye say
why god damm it! are ye that way
we all sailing in the same boat
none of us sinking we continue to float
but wha annoys me most is ye “artistic” people
who studied “english” ye not god ye evil
im from a place that would not associate wit ye close
but read ur comments i think its a joke!
we should write down words to inspire
to make waking up not a word,a desire
my final comments are the last il write
Posted by: Ryan on September 26th, 2011 at 5:53 pmim sorry if my words made u feel shite
just think we should be positive in our age
not talk bout dark times stuck in some cage
whoever writes comments from here after
make some sense,truth even laughter
we can all do with that in our lives
and after its down ye will get that prize
Roses are red
Posted by: Luke Morgan on September 26th, 2011 at 8:45 pmViolets are blue
I like rhyming
fork
It’s not too bitter
Posted by: Paula Sayers on September 26th, 2011 at 9:43 pmTo score on Twitter
Indeed how sweet
To raise each tweet
From ivory tower
To such a power
I toast from afar
The P.I.R.
10,000 Maniacs..
Posted by: Aingeala on September 27th, 2011 at 1:30 pmTen thousand kisses outdoing Catullus for Poetry Ireland.
Posted by: Grainne Tobin on September 27th, 2011 at 2:46 pmAh, nothing yet by Heaney,
Posted by: Mike Gallagher on September 27th, 2011 at 9:45 pmhalf-rhyme from mad Muldoon,
then, I’ll just nip in, crafty,
the time seems opportune;
the big boys won’t be bothered,
would not think of dumbing down,
so, grant my wish, just post the prize
to lowly Renagown.
The first 10k is always the hardest. Keep pushing and you will knock that wall aside!
Posted by: Patrick McHale on September 28th, 2011 at 10:19 amNothing witty or even Twitty to say – just congrats!
Posted by: Grace Toland on September 28th, 2011 at 10:50 amDo I dare to quote from The Lake Isle of Innisfree?
Posted by: Wim Van Mierlo on September 28th, 2011 at 12:15 pmI love PI
Posted by: Ellen Wade Beals on September 29th, 2011 at 3:23 pmDall’Italia, dove c’è bisogno di poesia…
Posted by: Cecilia on September 29th, 2011 at 4:51 pmAnd they callednit Ireland!
Posted by: Virginia Obrien on September 29th, 2011 at 4:53 pmChevrolet
I wish I had a Chevrolet
Posted by: Daniel Cleary on September 30th, 2011 at 2:39 amWith a booming engine
Then I would drive up to your gate
And boom it impatiently till you came
And you would come, stepping in white
And looking all fantastic
To the ready roar of my engine.
Congratulations on having 10K Twitter followers!
Posted by: Rui Carlos da Cunha on October 3rd, 2011 at 6:09 amthank you
Posted by: Sue Fielding on October 10th, 2011 at 1:57 pm