Someone I love very much is dying just now and I keep thinking of this poem by @janeclarke.bsky.social - the work that poets do is vital - thank you www.elementumjournal.com/elementum-on...

Cypress – a poem by Jane Clarke. 'When the Tree Falls', Bloodaxe Books | Elementum Journal

Cypress – A poem by Irish poet Jane Clarke from her new collection, 'When the Tree Falls', published by Bloodaxe Books (2019)

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www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit... @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Irish Times Editorial July 23rd 2026

The Irish Times view on Irish wildfires: the spreading menace

Lighting camp fires and using disposable barbecues under current conditions is a gross irresponsibility

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This week only Waterstones are offering 25% discount on preorders for Bloodaxe Books poetry books out in October. #WPreorder offer closes 24 July. Just go to www.waterstones.com, paste 9781780377964 into search box, click PREORDER and add code SUMMER26 for the discount.

Thanks to Professor Adrian Frazier for this review and to @martindoyle.bsky.social for printing it. @liamills.bsky.social @johnghoakes.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @jesstraynor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @sonyagildea.bsky.social @maryburke.bsky.social @carolineheafey.bsky.social

Happy to tell you that my new collection CORACLE will be published by Bloodaxe Books, 22 October 2026. The cover image 'Shades of Evening' by Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941) one of Ireland’s first professional women artists. Thanks @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social for permission.

Do join me on Lyric FM, Sunday 14th June at 6pm as I explore the Avonmore River Co. Wicklow through poetry & conversation w ecologists, archaeologist & historian. All poems from my collections w @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social With thanks to producer Claire Cunningham, Rockfinch Productions & Lyric FM.

"He learned to read the land / by colour: not to tread / on lime-green moss, / but to let yellow anthers / of deergrass and pink-purple / clusters of heather / guide him to drier ground." Two poems by @janeclarke.bsky.social in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

The Copernicus report shows that Europe is heating twice as fast as any other continent. We cannot postpone radical action any longer. @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Opinion: We’re now experiencing the terrible cost of the feedback loops of climate change

A super-hot El Niño climate phenomenon in the Pacific suggests worse climate news this year

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Wonderful - these children know what is at stake. Let's try to do as they ask. www.youtube.com/watch?v=agjw...

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Irish Times view on Ireland’s nature plan: implementation must not fail @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @hometreecharity.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

The Irish Times view on Ireland’s nature plan: implementation must not fail

Encouraging work by advisory committee but it needs to be built on

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Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 22: A book connected with the land - The Hare’s Corner By Jane Clarke and Catherine Cleary #readirishwomenchallenge #books #irishauthor #femaleauthors #femalewriters @bookaneer808.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @newislandbooks.bsky.social

Delighted to have 2 new poems in this issue of @amsterdamreview.bsky.social amidst so much brilliant writing.

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Our Spring 2026 issue is OUT NOW! Featuring #interviews with Eleni Sikelianos and Jane Zwart, as well as works by Raúl Zurita, Jane Clarke, Khadijah Queen, Tom Laichas, Dian Parker, Susan Irvine, and many more. Read here: bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #fiction #translations #amsterdam 🇳🇱

Our Spring 2026 issue is OUT NOW! Featuring #interviews with Eleni Sikelianos and Jane Zwart, as well as works by Raúl Zurita, Jane Clarke, Khadijah Queen, Tom Laichas, Dian Parker, Susan Irvine, and many more. Read here: bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #fiction #translations #amsterdam 🇳🇱

Life can seem calm and quiet in the woodland, but life is in full tilt when we slow down to see. A leaf miner moth larva has etched his trail to adulthood on this bramble leaf and is now enjoying his winged life @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social

Lovely to have two new poems in the Amsterdam Review. Both will be included in my new collection Coracle - out Oct. 2026 w @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-jane-...

Two by Jane Clarke | Amsterdam Review

Read "The Man from the Bogs Commission" and "Rooks" by Jane Clarke

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Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 13: A book that is an anthology- Windfall Irish nature poems to inspire and connect. #readirishwomen #read #irishwriter #femalewriters @hachettelibrary.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @bookaneer808.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit... @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social

The Irish Times view on the latest Irish climate change review: a powerful, troubling picture

Extremes dominated every aspect of climate in 2025 and Ireland is not prepared

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Come to our great event in Wembley. Home not just to football but also to poetry! Listen to wonderful poets Jane Clarke & Jessica Mookherjee - with the chance to share a poem in the open mic @janeclarke.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Still some free tickets available for my reading w @jessmookherjee.bsky.social Wembley Library, Thursday 5th March at 6.30. Also open mic slots to read your work to 85 people and counting! Really looking forward to a day of poetry in Wembley! Workshop sold out. @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Esther Woolfson's remarkable book 'Corvus' is the subject of my latest Naturalist's Bookshelf broadcast on RTE Lyric FM's Culture File. You can hear it from 15.40 on the link below: @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...

Crows and Corsets

Rion Hanora O'Donovan on the place of 'bad' graffiti in her clothes designs; Dermot Rogers puts some sunlight on the legacy of jazz guitarist, Louis Stewart; Paddy Woodworth slips Esther Woolfson on t...

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The Irish Times view on Ireland’s waterbirds: a worrying decline

It is one more instance of our failure to value the diversity with which nature has endowed this island

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An intimate concert of music & poetry to celebrate St. Brigid and the first day of spring. Do join Martin Dyar, Izumi Kimura, Eamon Sweeney and myself today at 3pm in Ashford Heritage Centre, Co. Wicklow. Details below and tickets (€20) available at the door.

Iran: Authorities must end brutal crackdown on protests and internet shutdowns   — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/iran-au...

Iran: Authorities must end brutal crackdown on protests and internet shutdowns   — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide

“We are horrified to see such a deadly response to people’s legitimate demands for better economic conditions. Iranian authorities have systematically stifled and repressed dissent over the years. We ...

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All welcome to my writing workshop in Wembley Library on Thursday 5 March 2026. Details below. @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...

Poetry In Wembley: “Roots” Writing Workshop

Join us for a creative journey exploring our roots through poetry at the Wembley Library workshop.

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Thanks to Brigid O'Dea for her review of The Hare's Corner in Saturday's The Irish Times "A thorough delight" is her conclusion. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Books in brief: The Hare’s Corner, Making Space for Nature; Grand Rapids; and The Marionette and the Maestro

New works by Jane Clarke and Catherine Cleary, Natasha Stagg, and Tanya Farrelly

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Lots of photos from last year's Circling The Square, including Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue, talking to Declan O'Driscoll, @eleanorhooker.bsky.social, @janeclarke.bsky.social and @michaeldooley.bsky.social

In advance of this year's T. S. Eliot Prize readings on 18 January I was invited to write a short piece about my experience when A Change in the Air @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social was shortlisted for the 2023 prize.

Lovely to listen back to this programme of music, conversation & poetry. It was recorded at the Dublin Book Festival 2025 in the National Botanic Gardens. Colm Mac Con Iomaire Catherine Cleary & Jane Carkill with myself & Paddy Woodworth. @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...

The Culture File Debate: The Hare's Corner XXXL Edition

An ancient Irish farming tradition that sees the wisdom of leaving some farm land free from the imperatives of production --  ‘The Hare’s Corner’ -- is celebrated in poetry, story, discussion and musi...

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Delighted to tell you that the very popular ROOTS exhibition will have a second outing from the 9 - 31 January 2026. Do join us for the launch & poems in Green Acres Gallery Wexford town Sat. 10 January 2026, 3 pm. Entry free & all welcome. @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social