Desmond O'Grady Poetry Competition

White House Limerick Poetry presents the Desmond O'Grady Poetry Competition, open to all poets from all around the world.

Shortlist

  Poem title  Poet

IN THE GALWAY HOOKER BARKeith Armstrong

Our curseJosephine Doyle

Fear is the Cheapest Room in the HouseJohn Saunders

My Lemon TreeTammara Or Slilat

On a swingRachel Sutcliffe

In my mother's house nothing went to wasteSiobhan Flynn

My viewSiobhan Flynn

MAGPIECarlos Reyes

FLYING FISHCarlos Reyes

In The Hands of White MenCait Morris

SyriaMary Ellen Fean

The SpirePeter Branson

Idir MhnáMáirín Mhic Lochlainn

CITY RAINMae Leonard

NothingAmy O'Donoghue

WarAmy O'Donoghue

DosserMike Gallagher

Paint MeBernard Kariuki

Out a many one peopleChristena williams

Harrison makes a clock 1727Jim Bennett

ReflectionsPat Mc Coubrey

SisterDarren Donohue

The IslandMajel Haugh

Remembering PadraigPapick Stack

NovemberAnn Dempsey

Everyday HolocaustMary Jo Gibbons

Dá mbeifeá in ann mé a fheiceáil anoisLucy Weadick

Lydia Dwight Resurrected. V&A Museum Number 1054-1871Phil Howard

DAWN AT FALLMiriam C. Walsh

EnduranceMary Angland

KintsugiDoireann Ni Ghriofa

The Dark and the WindEdward O'Dwyer

The World is ColorfulMary McCormack

SavedMary McCormack

I wish I went with youGerard Doyle

Divine revelation - In dedication to Desmond O'GradyMaysa AbdelAal Ibrahim

The Man With The Silver Tinged HairTeri Murray

DOES MY BUM LOOK BIG IN THIS?Seamus Harrington

SEDUCED IN APRILMarie Cadden

FinaleMarie Cadden