Two of my poems published to celebrate Brigid the Bard in 2026

nospam@example.com (Jennifer Liston) — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:54:00 +0000

Míle buíochas – many, many thanks – to Mark Roberts & Linda Adair for publishing my poems ‘Creidim, 1579 AD’ and ‘Imbolc Incantation’ (includes audio of me reading) in the Rochford Press/Rochford Street Review Brigid the Bard 2026 supplement.

‘Creidim, 1579 AD’ is from my collection Grace Notes: Giving Voice to Gráinne Mhaol, Ireland’s Pirate Queen, published by Salmon Poetry, with huge gratitude as always to Jessie Lendennie & Siobhán Hutson Jeanotte.

'Imbolc Incantation' is getting its first airing. Listen to it here:

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Congratulations and best wishes to Anne Casey & the Prankqueans for a successful Brigid the Bard Festival 2026 celebration in Sydney & Katoomba, NSW!

You can now buy my poetry collection 'Grace Notes' from Salmon Poetry!

nospam@example.com (Jennifer Liston) — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 22:45:00 +0000

It's finally here!

Ennistymon-based Salmon Poetry has published my poetry collection, Grace Notes. It will be launched at the Allingham Festival in Ballyshannon on Friday 8 November 2024. I'm really looking forward to launching this baby into the world. It's been a long time in the making.

Grace Notes is a collection of poems that express fragments of the life of Grace O’Malley/Gráinne Mhaol. The Gráinne compositions place Gráinne at different points in her life and also situate her in a mediaeval past and a borrowed future via her dreams, or aislings. Interspersed with these compositions are ‘rescued’ poems. (I've posted many examples and written quite a bit on this site about my 'rescued poetry' process. You could also check out my rescued poetry website.) I chose 17 texts connected to Gráinne – a selection of factual or fictional biographies of her and a small number of contemporary historical texts – from which I rescued 50 poems.

Isn't the cover gorgeous? Salmon Poetry's Siobhán Hutson Jeanotte designed it. I requested that it wouldn't feature the usual pirate queen image bandied around whenever Grace O'Malley is illustrated, and Siobhán did a wonderful job with an abstract image that suggests movement and sea and waves without hitting us over the head with them.

You can buy the book directly from the Salmon Poetry website. They ship worldwide!

Jennifer Liston - New/unpublished poems

Two of my poems published to celebrate Brigid the Bard in 2026

You can now buy my poetry collection 'Grace Notes' from Salmon Poetry!