I’m delighted to be embarking on a creative collaboration with Angela Graham, as she works towards her debut poetry collection. You can check out her work at http://angelagraham.org/
Author: glenwilsonpoetry
Glen Wilson lives with his wife Rhonda and two children in Portadown, Co Armagh. He works as a civil servant and is Worship Leader at St Mark’s Church of Ireland Portadown. He studied English and Politics at Queens University Belfast and has a Post Grad Diploma in Journalism studies from the University of Ulster.
He was part of the Millennium Court Arts Centre Writers Group for over 5 years.
He has been widely published having work in The Honest Ulsterman, The Stony Thursday Book, Foliate Oak, Iota, the Interpreters House, Southword, The Ogham Stone, The Luxembourg Review, RAUM and The Incubator Journal amongst others.
In 2014 he won the Poetry Space competition and was shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
In 2015 he was shortlisted for the The Universal Human Rights Student Network (UHRSN) poetry award for his poem Show and Tell.
He was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing 2016 and The 2016 Wells Festival of Literature.
He won the Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing 2017 for his poem The Lotus Gait.
He is currently working towards his first collection of poetry.
https://glenwilsonpoetry.wordpress.com/
Twitter @glenhswilson
glenhswilson@facebook.com
Links to other Poems
http://www.corncrakemagazine.com/article/poems-of-fermanagh-by-glen-wilson/
https://foragepoetry.com/2016/07/02/three-poems-by-glen-wilson/
http://irishliteraryreview.com/poetry/once-upon-a-time-by-glen-wilson
http://www.thevoicesproject.org/poetry-library/imago-by-glen-wilson
Book Launch Belfast Book Festival
https://www.belfastbookfestival.com/whats-on/doire-press-poetry-launch-glen-wilson–moyra-donaldson
Doire Press Poetry Launch: Glen Wilson & Moyra Donaldson
Date Saturday 08 June 2019
Time 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
PriceA Free Event
VenueThe Crescent
With Damian Smyth & Mel McMahon
Join us for the launch of two exciting new poetry collections by Glen Wilson and Moyra Donaldson, with introductions by Mel McMahon and Damian Smyth.
Glen Wilson’s debut collection An Experience on the Tongue take us on a journey around the world, all the while revelling in the natural world and a whole host of characters from linesmen to archaeologists to distillery workers. Glen Wilson is the winner of the 2017 Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing and his poem about the Irish Football Association was broadcast on Sky.
Moyra Donaldson’s eighth collection Carnivorous draws on myth, nature and memory to illuminate the extraordinary in the ordinary. The poet expands upon her previous themes of fluidity of the self and time, making sense of humanities need for order, in intimate, beautiful poems. Moyra Donaldson is an award winning and critically acclaimed poet and creative writing facilitator.
Doire Press Reading Tour 2019
An Experience on the Tongue Available to Order Now
My debut poetry collection An Experience on the Tongue is available to order from the Doire Press site!
https://www.doirepress.com/bookstore/poetry/
Shortlisted for the Strokestown International Poetry Prize 2019
I am delighted to say I have been shortlisted for the Strokestown International Poetry Prize 2019, you can check out the shortlisted poems at https://www.strokestownpoetry.org/strokestown-international-poetry-prize-2019/
Looking forward to reading in Strokestown in May : )
Shortlisted for WoLF poetry competition
WoLF poetry competition
Shortlisted poets included in the anthology: Cherry Doyle, Christopher James, Christopher M James, Dominic Power, Fiona L Bennett, Gaynor Beesley, Glen Wilson, Graham Burchell, Hamish Wilson, Karen Izod, Kaylan Downes, Ken Evans, Kt Whitten, Laura Taylor, Lizzie Smith, M Lee Alexander, Maria Isakova Bennett, Mark Fiddes, Mike Alma, Patricia Leighton, Paul Francis, Peter Branson, RM Francis, Ron Harper, Ros Woolner, Sandra Burnett, Sarah James, Sarah Russell, Sharon Black, Sharon Phillips, Susan Székeley, Suzanne Iuppa, Tammy Armstrong, Terry Quinn, and Tim Taylor.
Poetry Shortlist Doolin Writers Weekend
Shortlisted for Leeds Peace Poetry
Delighted to have been shortlisted in the Leeds Peace Poetry Competition judged by the amazing Simon Armitage!
Highly Commended iYeats Poetry Competition 2018
https://www.hawkswell.com/iyeats/winners/2018-winners
Highly Commended
Traybakes , by Glen Wilson
I never eat them myself but I always pit
glacé cherries in the marshmallow
and digestive biscuit mix, they stick
to my knucklebones as I knead and roll,
desiccated coconut coats the surface
but today licking fingers seems sacrilege.
In the fridge chill a tray of caramel squares,
from the hall the landline trills,
I let the stoic machine pick up the calls.
Pages of recipes litter the counter,
lists of ounces, where and when to cut,
how long to leave anything on the cooling rack.
Clingfilm covers griddle scones and cakes,
a translucent skin so everything is seen,
grieving needs fed with fresh food.
I take out the caramel squares and slice
four lines across and three down,
smaller squares than I’m used to,
many will come,
the wake is tonight,
these were his favourites
© Glen Wilson
Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition 2018
http://www.manchestercathedral.org/poetry
Poetry Competition 2018
Winners and Runners-up of the 2018 Poetry Competition
First Prize (£500 – Manchester Cathedral Poet of the Year, 2018)
‘5 AM: Paradise: First Light’ – Ian Dudley
Second Prize (£250)
‘Galilee’ – Mary Anne Clark
Third Prize (£150)
‘Sarajevo in Snow’ – Nicola Slee
Highly Commended (In no particular order)
‘When in Doubt’ by Frances Corkey Thompson
‘When we Danced’ by Karen Hill
‘Zion’ by Glen Wilson
‘How to Eat Vietnamese Noodle Soup’ by Sam Bradwell
‘The Zen of Grief’ by David Head
‘Girl with a Pearl earring’ by Louise Greig
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