Poetry Ireland Poet In Residence Anne Tannam

anne tannam standing in front of a blue door

September 2023

This week was my first time experiencing a student-filled campus since I began my residency in May, and

I was amazed at the tremendous energy and excitement there is about the place. Oh, to bottle that buzz! I

want to say it reminds me of my college days, but I went to Mater Dei Institute of Education in the 1980s,

which officially had the world’s smallest campus (OK, I may have made that fact up), where there was

more of a quiet fizz about the place. So, what’s happening poetry-wise this semester?

Anne Tannam, Poetry Ireland Poet in Residence

19th October 23	Online Poets Coaching Clinic	There are fourteen 30-minute individual slots available to poets or wannabe poets. The clinic offers morning, afternoon and evening slots, so there’ll be one to suit you.	To book: Poetry Coaching website
8th November 23	Campus Poetry Ginkgo	Let your feet do the walking and your poetry do the talking! With notebook and pen, join me on a morning stroll across all three campuses, from Glasnevin to St Patrick’s to All Hallows campus. Find poetic inspiration together as we explore DCU as a University of Place. All Welcome.	To express interest email: dcuartsandculture@dcu.ie
Ongoing	Poetry as a means of enquiry	In collaboration with Dr. Briege Casey and Dr. Mark Phelim from the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health Anne is running Poetic Enquiry workshops for third-year Health and Society Students, offering them an arts-based engagement with a course module and an Orientation Workshop for the first-year intake.	For further information email: dcuartsandculture@dcu.ie
Ongoing	Poetry and Coding	Anne is working with Dr. Renaat Verbruggen and the School of Computing, offering workshops for third-year computing students to explore what happens when coding and poetry collide.	For further information email: dcuartsandculture@dcu.ie