Petals and Poetry

Petals and Poetry is an all-day event, inviting people from across Sligo, of all ages, to bring poetry and/or flowers to fill our existing floor map of Sligo as part of our exhibition. 

To celebrate Poetry Day Ireland the Yeats Society invites the public to bring flowers and poems to cover their floor map of Sligo/ 

Flowers can be bought or wild picked, any small bunches or flowers welcome, especially wild flowers honouring MayDay.

Poems can be any language, any type of poem, including original work, mixed media drawings and handwritten. Please being poems that are A4 size or smaller.

One poem per person, the poem can be original, from your favourite author or from WB Yeats. 

This event is free and open to the public.

Supported by Poetry Ireland through the Bright Ideas Bursary. Poetry Day Ireland is an all island celebration of poetry taking place on Thursday 1st May 2025 with the theme of 'May Day'. Visit poetryday.ie to find events near you and learn how to get involved!