Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.
Presented by Poetry Ireland, the theme for this year is "Good Sports" celebrating the good sport in all of us, the drive to give it a go or to have a crack at it.
Read Máirtín Coilféir's poem Iomramh below.
Iomramh
An seaicéad buí groí seo
a fháiscim orm féin le hurraim,
an bolgán mór geal seo
a theann ann ar an mbolg orm–
gan é, ní leagfainn aon láimh
ar mhaide ná ar bhád
ná ní thabharfainn aon aghaidh
ar chrann snámha
ach seo mé faoi réir,
máta i gceann rámha
hulúiste haláiste
canú ag treabhadh canálach.
Find out more about Poetry Day Ireland here.
