Powerscourt in Bloom - Call For YOUR Poems!
A Nature Poetry Initiative - celebrating the power of storytelling and nature
Calling all writers aged 7 and upwards: Powerscourt Estate & Fighting Words want your poems and lyrics!
The “Poetry in Bloom” at Powerscourt initiative, developed by Powerscourt in partnership with creative writing organisation Fighting Words, is an invitation and call to everyone from the age of 7 up to 107 to create a poem or write lyrics inspired by nature observed at Powerscourt Gardens. All submissions are online and will be automatically entered into an open prize draw to win a variety of wonderful prizes.
Dear Me - A Letter to the Future...
This year 
At the beginning of May Fighting Words were asked to take part in RTE's "Operation Transformation: Keeping Well Apart". Mark worked with the four families for the week, helping them to 
Now in its 10th year, this year's supplement in The Irish Times features stories from all over the island of Ireland, from different groups of participants, in English and in Irish.
Calling all frontline workers and their children - we want to hear your stories!
The Fighting Words volunteers scurry to set up the screen and the data projector in the Bundoran Library. Anxiously, we count the number of volunteers on hand. Will you lead the brainstorming? Will you type? Has So-and-so been vetted yet? We need to recruit more volunteers!
