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An exhibition by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation and Poetry Ireland, presented by IMMA.

This series of poetry films captures poets and actors from Ireland, the US and the UK, reading their own poems or works by beloved poets, that seek to integrate poetry into everyday life. Presented outside in the formal gardens at IMMA with four different monthly programmes of poetry films, each focused on a different theme:

Part 1: Home and Sense of Place – 10 May

Part 2: Identity – 8 June

Part 3: Writing and Reflection – 30 June

Part 4: Love – 28 July

The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation is a literary organisation based in New York, bringing great poetry from across places, eras, and traditions together. The Foundation’s aim is to expand access to poetry for audiences worldwide to enjoy. By exploring universal themes through poetry from the past and present, the Foundation connects some of the greatest writers of the 20th century with new and diverse voices today.

Over the past two years, Irish filmmaker Matthew Thompson has created a series of films with the Brinkerhoff Foundation, in partnership with Poetry Ireland (Dublin), Druid (Galway), the 92nd Street Y (New York), and Poet in the City (London). The films represent a new approach to poetry that combines language, performance, music, and moving image. The result is an immersive experience that invites viewers to reconnect with a communal art form that is vitally alive.

This exhibition is a co-production of the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation and Poetry Ireland. It is supported by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.


Programme Details

Below is an outline of the Poetry Speaks programme, presented in four parts, which runs from 10 May to 22 August 2021.

Part 1: Home and Sense of Place

Programme 1: debuts 10 May

Nithy Kasa reads “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by W.B. Yeats. Dublin, 2020

Selina Nwulu reads “Half Written Love Letter”. London, 2019

Seán Hewitt reads “Queens” by J. M. Synge. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Mahogany L. Browne reads “If 2017 was a poem title”. New York, 2019

Denice Frohman reads “Puertopia”. New York, 2019

Doireann Ní Ghríofa reads “Brightening”. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Liz Berry reads “The Republic of Motherhood”. London, 2019

Camille Rankine reads “It Would Sound Like a Dream”. New York, 2019

Marian Richardson reads “Girls Bathing, Galway 1965” by Seamus Heaney. Dublin, 2019


Part 2: Identity

Programme 2: debuts 8 June

Sasha Terfous reads “Identity”. Dublin, 2020

Martina Evans reads “I want to be like Frank O’Hara”. London, 2019

Mahogany L. Browne reads “Black Girl Magic”. New York, 2019

Sofia Oxenham reads “Names” by Mary Jean Chan. London, 2019

Paapa Essiedu reads “Kumukanda” by Kayo Chingonyi. London, 2019

ATMOS Collective performs “The Illegitimate”. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Tyehimba Jess reads “Blind Boone’s Blessings”. New York, 2019

Kayssie K reads “My Sister as a Body”. Bray, Co Wicklow, 2020


Part 3: Writing and Reflection

Programme 3:  debuts 30 June

Juliet Stevenson reads “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” by Emily Dickinson. London, 2019

FeliSpeaks reads “What Heaney Said”, Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Dagogo Hart reads “Paper Planes”. Dublin, 2020

Catherine Dryden reads “Some Rules” by Wendy Cope. London, 2019

Seán Hewitt reads “Barn Owls in Suffolk”. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Nithy Kasa reads “Charcoal Iron”. Dublin, 2020

Joseph Aldous reads “An Advancement of Learning” by Seamus Heaney. London, 2019

Doireann Ní Ghríofa reads “The Heart of the Wood” by Augusta, Lady Gregory. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020


Part 4: Love

Programme 4: debuts 28 July

Aaron Monaghan reads “When All the Others Were Away at Mass” [from “Clearances”] by Seamus Heaney. New York, 2019

Hannah Lowe reads “Reggae Story”. London, 2019

FeliSpeaks reads “When You Are Old” by W.B. Yeats. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Samuel Yakura reads “10 Things I Want To Say to a Black Woman” by Joshua Bennett. Dublin, 2020

Theresa Lola reads “Ode to Edge Control Gel”. London, 2019

Denice Frohman reads “Doña Teresa and the Chicken”. New York, 2019

Andrew McMillan reads “A Gift”. London, 2019

Tyehimba Jess reads “Blind Boone’s Vision”. New York, 2019


Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation

The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation is a literary organisation based in New York, bringing great poetry from across places, eras, and traditions together. The Foundation’s aim is to expand access to poetry for audiences worldwide to enjoy. By exploring universal themes through poetry from the past and present, the Foundation connects some of the greatest writers of the 20th century with new and diverse voices today.


Poetry Ireland

Poetry Ireland connects poetry and people, and is committed to achieving excellence in the reading, writing and performance of poetry throughout the island of Ireland. The non-profit organisation, established in 1978, combines its role as a promoter and supporter of poetry with advocacy for poets, advancing the art form through solid development goals.

It works to make poetry more accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds across the island of Ireland, through live events, education and publications. Poetry Ireland is currently working with its partner, The Irish Heritage Trust, on a long-held ambition to establish the Poetry Ireland Centre, dedicated to celebrating, supporting and promoting poetry and poets. Poetry Ireland is one of the few organisations that receives funding from both Arts Councils on the island.


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