On a Wave of Light: A Poetry Film
September 10, 2021
On a Wave of Light is the result of a ‘Local Live Performance Laois County Council’ commission, for which I’m hugely grateful. Like most of
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PAT BORAN
Here you’ll find details and samples of Pat Boran’s many books, his recent poetry films and audio work, and much more.
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Recent Poetry Films
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Building the Ark: A Poetry Film
April 26, 2021
Building the Ark is the latest in my ongoing series of poetry films, inviting a second look at local landmarks and also, in this case,
The Mistake: A Poetry Film
March 22, 2021
A mistake in childhood may prove to be a lens through which the past is more clearly visible. A poetry film by Pat Boran. With
Greek Vase: A Poetry Film
March 22, 2021
Greek Vase looks at a beautiful work of art and sees in it an image of the casual violence of our own time. A poetry
The Statues of Emo Court: A Poetry Film
November 10, 2020
Recorded in the grounds of Emo Court, Co. Laois, Ireland, The Statues of Emo Court celebrates patience, resilience and the turning of the seasons, finding
The Sea: A Poetry Film
November 1, 2020
The Sea is a poem about borders, natural and man-made. In the era of Brexit and Trump, mostly it is a letter of regret and
Short Biog
PAT BORAN is one of the best-known Irish poets.
He has published more than a dozen books of poetry and prose — among them Then Again (2019), A Man is Only As Good: A Pocket Selected Poems (2017), Waveforms: Bull Island Haiku (2015), the humorous memoir The Invisible Prison (2009/reissued 2019) and the popular writers’ handbook The Portable Creative Writing Workshop. His books have been translated into Italian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Greek, French & Portuguese.
He is the recipient of the Patrick Kavanagh Award and the US-based Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Poetry Award. Pat Boran is also a former presenter of The Poetry Programme and The Enchanted Way on RTÉ Radio and has edited more than 100 books and anthologies. These include (with co-editor Gerard Smyth) the bestselling If Ever You Go: A Map of Dublin in Poetry and Song (Dublin’s One City, One Book title in 2014) and, in 2020, The Word Ark: A Pocket Book of Animal Poems.
Pat Boran is a member of Aosdána, Ireland’s affiliation of creative artists, and a frequent broadcaster and contributor to literary events. In recent times much of his work is audio-visual, and since 2020 his short poetry films have featured and won prizes in festivals in Ireland, the UK, the US, India and elsewhere.
