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Pádraig Ó Tuama

Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet from Ireland with interests in conflict, religion, and language. His most recent collection is Feed the Beast (Broken Sleep Books, 2022). He presents the podcast Poetry Unbound from On Being Studios, from which comes Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World (W. W. Norton, 2022) comes. His work has been published in Harvard Review, Poetry Ireland, Poem-a-Day, and many other places.

2024 Poetry Contest

Fall 2024

Introduction

By Pádraig Ó Tuama

In this, its inaugural year, The Kenyon Review Poetry Contest was judged  by Pádraig Ó Tuama, presenter of the podcast Poetry Unbound with The On Being Project and author of, […]

Poetry

Spring 2023

After the Flood

By Pádraig Ó Tuama

After the water settled, once we could see the tree roots again, after the crow and the blackbird disappeared, the seagull too, after the animals had fled, shrieking and whooping, […]