Padraig O'Morain's Poetry Blog

My collection The Blue Guitar is published by Salmon Poetry.

The Blue Guitar

My collection, The Blue Guitar, is published by Salmon Poetry. Click on the cover to go to the website.

Comments on my poetry

Jane Draycott

In these dynamic, musically-arcing poems Padraig O'Morain weaves his subtle, capturing narratives with the skill and relish of a natural story-teller. The poems in The Blue Guitar conjure all at once both the pathos of the individual human situation and all the echoes of the wider world beyond.

Alison Brackenbury

This is a quiet poetry, strong with the humours and occasional
horrors of country life, affectionate but never sentimental, its music grave and necessary as time.

Meg Peacocke

The power of these poems isn't to be underestimated: their apparent simplicity arises from well-digested experience and a habit of accurate observation. Not a word is wasted, but there is tenderness and humour here and a very good ear at work.

You've Been Great

You've Been Great, a pamphlet of 20 of my poems, won a Poetry Business Award in 2007 and was published the following year by Smith/Doorstop. Most of the poems are included in The Blue Guitar. You can order You've Been Great from The Book Depository, Amazon UK and other online sellers.

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