Taking Flight
In association with Poetry Ireland
This promises to be an exciting showcase of spoken word poetry by a veteran of the scene and a next generation poet.
Colm Keegan is a writer and poet from Dublin. His poetry collections ‘Don't Go There’ and ‘Randomer’ (Salmon Poetry) have received critical acclaim. He recently created ‘Ireland Is’ and ‘Every Blooming Thing’, two spoken word roadshows which toured nationwide.
Lavie Olupona is a young spoken word poet and student of Social Sciences at UCC. She is an Edna O'Brien Young Writer, co-founder of Bláithí literary mag and a co-host of UCC radio's Na Cailíní.
Saturday 30 may - 2pm
(duration 60min)
Anita’s, Mountshannon
€10/€8 with wristband
Lavie Olupona is a spoken word poet and student at UCC studying Social Sciences. She is an Edna O'Brien Young Writer, co-founder of Bláithí literary mag and a co-host of UCC radio's Na Cailíní. She's performed her poetry at Let the pen speak, Africa Day Cork, Good Day Cork, Misleór, Electric Picnic and Creative Bandon.
Her poems can be found in Kin Anthology by Salmon Press Poetry, Let the words look after you Museum of Literature Ireland, and literary magazines such as Good Day Cork and Abyss Lit Mag.
Lavie Olupona
Colm Keegan is a writer and poet from Dublin. His poetry collections Don't Go There and Randomer (Salmon Poetry) have received critical acclaim. He recently created Ireland Is and Every Blooming Thing, two spoken word roadshows which toured nationwide.
His plays include For Saoirse (shortlisted for the Fishamble New Writing Award) and Something Worth Saying, commissioned by the Abbey Theatre and described as “exquisite and devastating” by Emer O’Kelly. His next play, written with the LBS Men’s Shed, What are We Waiting For?, premiered at Dublin Fringe 2025 and won a Socially Engaged Arts Award, one of the Judges' Choice Awards "...chosen by the judging panel to honour things that defy categorisation but must be recognised for their brilliance."
Colm Keegan
