Clíodhna Bhreatnach
Poet / Editor / Writer
Clíodhna Bhreatnach is from Waterford and lives in Dublin. Her poems have appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, and The Forward Book of Poetry 2023. She has recently been awarded a Dublin City Council Arts Bursary for 2025. She is the former poetry editor of Frustrated Writers Group. Her pamphlet, Pink Roses, Green, is forthcoming with Green Bottle Press in June and has been highly commended for the Patrick Kavanagh Award.
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“Pink roses, green by Clíodhna Bhreatnach revels in the act of making poetry in a broken world. Whether it’s while finding palimpsests in an archive, sharing secrets under a photocopier’s protective sound-wash, or watching Dusty Springfield unwittingly lip synced with a football crowd, Bhreatnach’s keen eye picks out the poetic juxtapositions of the mundane and elevates them to a place of strange and singular beauty. Frustrated, thought-provoking, formally ambitious and always witty, these poems herald a compelling new voice.” – Jessica Traynor.
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