Steve Denehan
@steverinod.bsky.social
New poem posted every Monday.
Books available from the usual places.
Represented by Keep Her Lit - http://keepherlitagency.com
Books available from the usual places.
Represented by Keep Her Lit - http://keepherlitagency.com
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As it's my dad's two year anniversary today I thought I might post a poem about when he was a young man. I would have loved to have known him then & miss him terribly now.
The poem was published last summer in The MacGuffin & is a poem that means a lot to me.
Thanks for reading.
The poem was published last summer in The MacGuffin & is a poem that means a lot to me.
Thanks for reading.
As it's my dad's two year anniversary today I thought I might post a poem about when he was a young man. I would have loved to have known him then & miss him terribly now.
The poem was published last summer in The MacGuffin & is a poem that means a lot to me.
Thanks for reading.
The poem was published last summer in The MacGuffin & is a poem that means a lot to me.
Thanks for reading.
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
As it's my dad's two year anniversary today I thought I might post a poem about when he was a young man. I would have loved to have known him then & miss him terribly now.
The poem was published last summer in The MacGuffin & is a poem that means a lot to me.
Thanks for reading.
The poem was published last summer in The MacGuffin & is a poem that means a lot to me.
Thanks for reading.
This poem was published in a recent issue of Night Owl Narrative.
Thanks for reading. :)
Thanks for reading. :)
January 12, 2026 at 9:50 AM
This poem was published in a recent issue of Night Owl Narrative.
Thanks for reading. :)
Thanks for reading. :)
My last book, the multi-million selling A Quarter Dead and Half Alive, is currently half price direct from the publisher, Renard Press if anyone feels like reading some not too la-di-da poems. 🙂
🎉🍾Hello 2026!
It’s a new year, but we’re just taking a moment to look at the great books we’ve published in 2025… here’s the best of the year, one(ish) a month, all half price. If you missed it first time round… here’s your chance! (Link in bio)
#beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookig
It’s a new year, but we’re just taking a moment to look at the great books we’ve published in 2025… here’s the best of the year, one(ish) a month, all half price. If you missed it first time round… here’s your chance! (Link in bio)
#beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookig
January 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
My last book, the multi-million selling A Quarter Dead and Half Alive, is currently half price direct from the publisher, Renard Press if anyone feels like reading some not too la-di-da poems. 🙂
This poem appeared in volume 14 of the mighty Paddler Press Journal. It's based on a real advert that I came across.
Thanks for reading. :)
Thanks for reading. :)
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM
This poem appeared in volume 14 of the mighty Paddler Press Journal. It's based on a real advert that I came across.
Thanks for reading. :)
Thanks for reading. :)
Reposted by Steve Denehan
Jane's Poetry Press - 2027. Callout for 2 (or maybe 3) poets.
I make poetry books for fun & to give poets a platform. I’m drawn to poets who have a friendly, supportive online presence and who actively encourage and uplift others in the poetry community. Being inclusive really matters to me.
I make poetry books for fun & to give poets a platform. I’m drawn to poets who have a friendly, supportive online presence and who actively encourage and uplift others in the poetry community. Being inclusive really matters to me.
January 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Jane's Poetry Press - 2027. Callout for 2 (or maybe 3) poets.
I make poetry books for fun & to give poets a platform. I’m drawn to poets who have a friendly, supportive online presence and who actively encourage and uplift others in the poetry community. Being inclusive really matters to me.
I make poetry books for fun & to give poets a platform. I’m drawn to poets who have a friendly, supportive online presence and who actively encourage and uplift others in the poetry community. Being inclusive really matters to me.
This poem was originally published in Door is a Jar.
Thanks for reading. :)
Thanks for reading. :)
December 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This poem was originally published in Door is a Jar.
Thanks for reading. :)
Thanks for reading. :)
Here is a link to a small feature from The Madrid Review in which I talk a little about Christmas - themadridreview.com/f/a-writers-...
& another Madrid Review link about the recent book - themadridreview.com/author-showc...
Of which there are just 2 copies remaining in Dubray books on Grafton St.
& another Madrid Review link about the recent book - themadridreview.com/author-showc...
Of which there are just 2 copies remaining in Dubray books on Grafton St.
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Here is a link to a small feature from The Madrid Review in which I talk a little about Christmas - themadridreview.com/f/a-writers-...
& another Madrid Review link about the recent book - themadridreview.com/author-showc...
Of which there are just 2 copies remaining in Dubray books on Grafton St.
& another Madrid Review link about the recent book - themadridreview.com/author-showc...
Of which there are just 2 copies remaining in Dubray books on Grafton St.
This is a poem about my father's last Christmas. It was published recently in the Waterford Festive Star.
Thanks for reading and Happy Christmas! :)
Thanks for reading and Happy Christmas! :)
December 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is a poem about my father's last Christmas. It was published recently in the Waterford Festive Star.
Thanks for reading and Happy Christmas! :)
Thanks for reading and Happy Christmas! :)
Reposted by Steve Denehan
🎄 Today we launch A Writer’s Christmas with poet @steverinod.bsky.social. #TomWaits, #DieHard, #Christmaslights, #pizza for dinner and smoment of pure childhood wonder feature. It's tender, funny, and quietly devastating - just like Christmas itself.
themadridreview.com/f/a-writers-...
themadridreview.com/f/a-writers-...
A Writer's Christmas
Poet Steve Denehan answers our funky festive questionnaire
themadridreview.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
🎄 Today we launch A Writer’s Christmas with poet @steverinod.bsky.social. #TomWaits, #DieHard, #Christmaslights, #pizza for dinner and smoment of pure childhood wonder feature. It's tender, funny, and quietly devastating - just like Christmas itself.
themadridreview.com/f/a-writers-...
themadridreview.com/f/a-writers-...
This is a very, very short (yay!) poem published just last week on a new poetry website launched by a pal of mine.
Thanks for reading. :)
poesyplace.com/fifty-a-poem...
Thanks for reading. :)
poesyplace.com/fifty-a-poem...
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is a very, very short (yay!) poem published just last week on a new poetry website launched by a pal of mine.
Thanks for reading. :)
poesyplace.com/fifty-a-poem...
Thanks for reading. :)
poesyplace.com/fifty-a-poem...
This (pretty cranky) poem shares the pages of the incredible Madrid Review with some up-and-comers like Salman Rushdie & Jay McInerney. Remember the names! :)
Also, there are some signed copies of the last book in Dubray Books on Mary Street in Dublin.
Thanks for reading. :)
Also, there are some signed copies of the last book in Dubray Books on Mary Street in Dublin.
Thanks for reading. :)
December 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This (pretty cranky) poem shares the pages of the incredible Madrid Review with some up-and-comers like Salman Rushdie & Jay McInerney. Remember the names! :)
Also, there are some signed copies of the last book in Dubray Books on Mary Street in Dublin.
Thanks for reading. :)
Also, there are some signed copies of the last book in Dubray Books on Mary Street in Dublin.
Thanks for reading. :)
Reposted by Steve Denehan
Absolutely flabbergasted to be back on BBC Upload last night. I was out at Amy Macdonald in Nottingham (fab), but caught up this morning. I've a poem on at about 9 minutes and you can hear it here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Many thanks to Jake Peach sitting in for Rob Jelly. A great surprise!
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Absolutely flabbergasted to be back on BBC Upload last night. I was out at Amy Macdonald in Nottingham (fab), but caught up this morning. I've a poem on at about 9 minutes and you can hear it here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Many thanks to Jake Peach sitting in for Rob Jelly. A great surprise!
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I was going to post something else today but this popped up on my Facebook memories from 10 years ago.
My daughter did the illustration. She is now studying animation and is probably a better artist than her father is a poet ❤️
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#advent
My daughter did the illustration. She is now studying animation and is probably a better artist than her father is a poet ❤️
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#advent
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I was going to post something else today but this popped up on my Facebook memories from 10 years ago.
My daughter did the illustration. She is now studying animation and is probably a better artist than her father is a poet ❤️
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#advent
My daughter did the illustration. She is now studying animation and is probably a better artist than her father is a poet ❤️
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#advent
This poem was published a while back in the Bindweed Winter Wonderland Anthology. What a cover!
It also appeared in my collection Taillights, Disappearing which was published by Opiate Press - available everywhere.
Thanks for reading. :)
It also appeared in my collection Taillights, Disappearing which was published by Opiate Press - available everywhere.
Thanks for reading. :)
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This poem was published a while back in the Bindweed Winter Wonderland Anthology. What a cover!
It also appeared in my collection Taillights, Disappearing which was published by Opiate Press - available everywhere.
Thanks for reading. :)
It also appeared in my collection Taillights, Disappearing which was published by Opiate Press - available everywhere.
Thanks for reading. :)
The best journal out there... :)
This beauty is out in the world, winging its way to our lovely subscribers. It's available to buy from Friday @carlosbardem.bsky.social @javiersierra.bsky.social @cristinajurado.bsky.social @jerrysimcock.bsky.social @steverinod.bsky.social @blackcatpress.bsky.social #litmag #literary #reading
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The best journal out there... :)
This is a short poem published in the recent issue of the mighty Night Owl Narrative from Cajun Mutt Press.
How some people treat their children is heart shattering while Tusla (the child protection and welfare agency here in Ireland) do nothing.
Thanks for reading.
How some people treat their children is heart shattering while Tusla (the child protection and welfare agency here in Ireland) do nothing.
Thanks for reading.
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This is a short poem published in the recent issue of the mighty Night Owl Narrative from Cajun Mutt Press.
How some people treat their children is heart shattering while Tusla (the child protection and welfare agency here in Ireland) do nothing.
Thanks for reading.
How some people treat their children is heart shattering while Tusla (the child protection and welfare agency here in Ireland) do nothing.
Thanks for reading.
Reposted by Steve Denehan
Pasted against the nebulous backdrops of doubt and passing time, This Joyful Interlude assembles a delicate collage of hopes and romantic longings.
Thank you to @janes-studio.bsky.social for all your hard work and brilliance.
Thanks also to @steverinod.bsky.social for your lovely forward.
2/3
Thank you to @janes-studio.bsky.social for all your hard work and brilliance.
Thanks also to @steverinod.bsky.social for your lovely forward.
2/3
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Pasted against the nebulous backdrops of doubt and passing time, This Joyful Interlude assembles a delicate collage of hopes and romantic longings.
Thank you to @janes-studio.bsky.social for all your hard work and brilliance.
Thanks also to @steverinod.bsky.social for your lovely forward.
2/3
Thank you to @janes-studio.bsky.social for all your hard work and brilliance.
Thanks also to @steverinod.bsky.social for your lovely forward.
2/3
Renard Press have just published a super five year anthology - renardpress.com/books/renard...
A few poems of mine have been included including this one from my first Renard Press collection which is currently available on Amazon.ie for €4.82.
www.amazon.ie/As-Meant-Som...
A few poems of mine have been included including this one from my first Renard Press collection which is currently available on Amazon.ie for €4.82.
www.amazon.ie/As-Meant-Som...
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Renard Press have just published a super five year anthology - renardpress.com/books/renard...
A few poems of mine have been included including this one from my first Renard Press collection which is currently available on Amazon.ie for €4.82.
www.amazon.ie/As-Meant-Som...
A few poems of mine have been included including this one from my first Renard Press collection which is currently available on Amazon.ie for €4.82.
www.amazon.ie/As-Meant-Som...
Reposted by Steve Denehan
Want a sneak peek at our prototype issue? Check out the (nearly) full publishing list!
Think you can sneak in one more submission? Take a look:
lastnightonthedancefloor.netlify.app
#LitMag #ZineCulture #PoetryCommunity #SmallPress #WritersOfBluesky #NightlifeFragments #SpeculativePoetry #DIYZine
Think you can sneak in one more submission? Take a look:
lastnightonthedancefloor.netlify.app
#LitMag #ZineCulture #PoetryCommunity #SmallPress #WritersOfBluesky #NightlifeFragments #SpeculativePoetry #DIYZine
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Want a sneak peek at our prototype issue? Check out the (nearly) full publishing list!
Think you can sneak in one more submission? Take a look:
lastnightonthedancefloor.netlify.app
#LitMag #ZineCulture #PoetryCommunity #SmallPress #WritersOfBluesky #NightlifeFragments #SpeculativePoetry #DIYZine
Think you can sneak in one more submission? Take a look:
lastnightonthedancefloor.netlify.app
#LitMag #ZineCulture #PoetryCommunity #SmallPress #WritersOfBluesky #NightlifeFragments #SpeculativePoetry #DIYZine
A couple of years ago Robin was not well for a few months and of course we were very worried. Happily she bounced back to herself but this poem is about how hard it was to shake the worry.
It was published in a recent issue of the always excellent Madrid Review.
Thanks for reading :)
It was published in a recent issue of the always excellent Madrid Review.
Thanks for reading :)
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A couple of years ago Robin was not well for a few months and of course we were very worried. Happily she bounced back to herself but this poem is about how hard it was to shake the worry.
It was published in a recent issue of the always excellent Madrid Review.
Thanks for reading :)
It was published in a recent issue of the always excellent Madrid Review.
Thanks for reading :)
This is a poem that I read during a lovely chat with Katy on Dublin City FM during the week - dublincityfm.ie/shows/all-ab...
Also, there are a few signed copies of the book left in Dubray Books in Grafton Street if anyone would like one.
Thanks for reading. :)
Also, there are a few signed copies of the book left in Dubray Books in Grafton Street if anyone would like one.
Thanks for reading. :)
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This is a poem that I read during a lovely chat with Katy on Dublin City FM during the week - dublincityfm.ie/shows/all-ab...
Also, there are a few signed copies of the book left in Dubray Books in Grafton Street if anyone would like one.
Thanks for reading. :)
Also, there are a few signed copies of the book left in Dubray Books in Grafton Street if anyone would like one.
Thanks for reading. :)
Reposted by Steve Denehan
Blue Rigi
Thanks to my friend in Holdorf, Germany for purchasing this wonderful English Romantic landscape art print: buff.ly/X2lrZP3
If you are interested in commissioning an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email at [email protected].
Thanks to my friend in Holdorf, Germany for purchasing this wonderful English Romantic landscape art print: buff.ly/X2lrZP3
If you are interested in commissioning an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email at [email protected].
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Blue Rigi
Thanks to my friend in Holdorf, Germany for purchasing this wonderful English Romantic landscape art print: buff.ly/X2lrZP3
If you are interested in commissioning an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email at [email protected].
Thanks to my friend in Holdorf, Germany for purchasing this wonderful English Romantic landscape art print: buff.ly/X2lrZP3
If you are interested in commissioning an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email at [email protected].
This is a poem published recently in the Cisco 50th Anniversary Anthology. It's about the helplessness & guilt I felt as my father suffered horribly & so unfairly with dementia.
It also features in the latest book, A Quarter Dead and Half Alive, published last month by the mighty Renard Press.
:)
It also features in the latest book, A Quarter Dead and Half Alive, published last month by the mighty Renard Press.
:)
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This is a poem published recently in the Cisco 50th Anniversary Anthology. It's about the helplessness & guilt I felt as my father suffered horribly & so unfairly with dementia.
It also features in the latest book, A Quarter Dead and Half Alive, published last month by the mighty Renard Press.
:)
It also features in the latest book, A Quarter Dead and Half Alive, published last month by the mighty Renard Press.
:)
Reposted by Steve Denehan
How do you make a publisher blush? 😳
It was a real joy to see Sandi Toksvig’s show last night promoting Friends of Dorothy (Virago). We thought we were there to support @mayeroflondon.bsky.social, whose novel TIME/LIFE has been widely recommended by Sandi – but here’s what actually happened.
It was a real joy to see Sandi Toksvig’s show last night promoting Friends of Dorothy (Virago). We thought we were there to support @mayeroflondon.bsky.social, whose novel TIME/LIFE has been widely recommended by Sandi – but here’s what actually happened.
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
How do you make a publisher blush? 😳
It was a real joy to see Sandi Toksvig’s show last night promoting Friends of Dorothy (Virago). We thought we were there to support @mayeroflondon.bsky.social, whose novel TIME/LIFE has been widely recommended by Sandi – but here’s what actually happened.
It was a real joy to see Sandi Toksvig’s show last night promoting Friends of Dorothy (Virago). We thought we were there to support @mayeroflondon.bsky.social, whose novel TIME/LIFE has been widely recommended by Sandi – but here’s what actually happened.
It's a little late for this poem about the coming of autumn, but not to worry.
It was recently published in the new issue of Moss Piglet.
Thanks for reading. :)
It was recently published in the new issue of Moss Piglet.
Thanks for reading. :)
October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It's a little late for this poem about the coming of autumn, but not to worry.
It was recently published in the new issue of Moss Piglet.
Thanks for reading. :)
It was recently published in the new issue of Moss Piglet.
Thanks for reading. :)