​ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH

 

• ​10 August at the Carnegie Arts Centre

• 7pm

• Free Admission

Poets Meet Painters begins with a careful curation of visual artworks generously provided by invited artists. These works are then shared publicly as inspiration for poets submitting their responses. Once submissions close, a panel of respected judges—who offer their time and expertise voluntarily—reviews the poems anonymously to ensure fairness and quality. Selected works are then published in a professionally produced anthology, and a celebratory event is held at the Carnegie Arts Centre, also made possible through collaboration and goodwill. The entire process is driven by a passion for fostering connections between visual art and poetry, not by commercial gain.

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Thank you so much for taking part in Poets Meet Painters 2025. We received nearly 200 submissions this year, and we’re delighted to announce that 20 poems have been selected to form the 2025 Anthology.

Selected Poems with authors

The art of contemplation - Mary Anne Smith Sellen
My Odd Neighbours – Derek Sellen
Bad to Worse – Anne Donegan
The Final Embrace – Paul McMahon - 3rd Place
Being Jamebo Born – Stephen McGhee
Veriditas – Julie Aldridge
Rainy Days Ahead – James Anthony
Song – Jim Maguire
I Just Want to go Home – Maeve O’Brien
A Love Poem about the air on a warm summer's day – Siobhan Flanagan
The Nettle Field – Frank Farrelly
Blue Swans – Aidan O’Leary - 2nd Place
An Interruption – Shane Leavy - 1st Place 
Aurora – Cathy Dillon
Summer Freedom – Sandra van Beurden
The More of Less – Deirdre Hines
A Head Full of Hills in Amsterdam - Lorraine Carey
Staying Still – John Goode
A Star in the Sky, A Herring in the Net – Anne Tilby
Sit with Me - Terri Metcalfe