WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Tobias Manderson-Galvin and Tom McCarthy
18 poets from across Munster competed in two rounds last night at Ó Bhéal to produce this year’s Munster Slam Champ, Tobias Manderson-Galvin, and runner-up, Tom McCarthy. Congratulations to both, who will represent Munster in the 2009 All-Ireland Slam Championships held this year in Galway on the 26th of October. North Beach Nights will be hosting the event, which alternates annually between the four provinces.
Congratulations to all the contestants who were all on top form, Rosalyn Blue, Donna Coogan, John Carmody, Ed O’Dwyer, Marie Coveney, Paddy Doyle, Seamus Harrington, Tobias Manderson-Galvin, Lorcan Murray, Mary O’Connell, Ciaran O’Driscoll, Jonni O’Gorman, Rosie O’Regan, Stephen O’Riordan, Christy Parker, Tom McCarthy, Colm Scully and Patricia Walsh.
Five poems from guest Poet Bernadette Cremin (who co-judged the slam)
Jack’s Caf
Nowness
Hotel
Kaiser Strasse
Perfect Mess
Round 1
Christy Parker
A Love Story
Marie Coveney
Scissors
Seamus Harrington
The Hunters and Regatta Prayer
Rosalyn Blue
Blasphemy
Colm Scully
God’s Football
Lorcan Murray
Skipping Stones
Jonni O’Gorman
Fuck Off Dublin
Mary O’Connell
Royal Flush
John Carmody
Young Guns
Ciaran O’Driscoll
Please Hold
Tobias Manderson-Galvin
Someone Tell Me
Paddy Doyle
Mushrooms
Stephen O’Riordan
Slam Poetry
Patricia Walsh
Sugar Fix
Tom McCarthy
Hey Diddle Diddle
Donna Coogan
Someone
Round 2
John Carmody
Alfie the Atom who Dared to Dream
Tobias Manderson-Galvin
The Wasp
Lorcan Murray
Searching for Silver
Ciaran O’Driscoll
The Poem I Wrote Today
Tom McCarthy
A Lasting Impression
