Top 10 poet myths

How many of these describe you?

1. Poets wear special clothes e.g. velvet capes.
2. Poets can’t drive.
3. Poets can’t dance.
4. Poets publish thin volumes.
5. Poets are always young men.
6. Poets live an otherworldly life.
7. Poets aren't techie.
8. Poets want to be rockstars.
9. Poets speak in verse.
10. Poets have giant egos.

The Hidden World of Poetry, Cork Ireland 20th November 2013

The poet Adam Wyeth - Seamus Heaney calls him "a hearer and heartener” - launches his new book The Hidden World of Poetry: Unravelling Celtic Mythology in Contemporary Irish Poetry.

An exploration of Celtic culture – gods, heroes and folklore – and its continuing role in shaping Ireland’s identity in the 21st Century, it features poems by Patricia Monaghan, Paul Muldoon, Maurice Riordan, Eavan Boland, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Nuala Ni Dhomhnail, Bernard O’Donoghue, Paul Durcan, Derek Mahon, Mary O’Malley, Paula Meehan, Leanne O’Sullivan and many more.

Go to Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin Street Cork at 3pm. And this event is free with music.

More details here https://www.facebook.com/events/477248185722467/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming