Poetry: Kevin Higgins
Formation of a Young Irish Intellectual after Nazim Hikmet You will go far young person…
Author Kevin Higgins
Kevin Higgins
Kevin Higgins’s poems have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, RTE Radio One, and Lyric FM; and quoted in The Daily Telegraph, The Times (UK), Hot Press, The Daily Mirror and on Tonight with Vincent Browne. He had published six collections of poetry with Salmon Poetry, the most recent being ‘Sex and Death at Merlin Park Hospital’ (2019). His books can be purchased at www.salmonpoetry.com.
The Candidates Explain
The Candidate Explains after Charlotte Nichols MP I didn’t know the meaning of “incursion” or…
Poetry: Kevin Higgins
Memorial to Myself I have been away toasting tables lined with the pricier variety of…
Ballad of Lucy Kryton
Ballad of Lucy Kryton “There will not be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime”,…
Poetry: Kevin Higgins ‘Safe to Say’
Safe To Say How ghastly the day before yesterday was now everyone associated with it…
Death by Drowning
The Death By Drowning Of Twenty Seven Migrants In The English Channel on Wednesday It…
Poetry: Kevin Higgins
This Is Not a Well Made Poem The well made poem puts on its dicky…
Poetry: Kevin Higgins
We Lie after Holly McNish My one remaining friend, now I’ve plugged out my Mum,…
Poetry: Kevin Higgins
The Most Risk-Taking Poet In Ireland My split infinitives clearly the work of a man…
Thrills & Difficulties: A Marxist Poet in Ireland
for Susan Millar DuMars More than a quarter of a century ago a man-child called…
Poetry: Kevin Higgins
‘Liberals’ & ‘Death’ Two words that strut confident of their own historical inevitability. Everyone in…
Poem: Note From The Organisers
Note From The Organisers Feel free to turn up (or not) wearing a full suit…
My Approach to Literary Networking
My Approach to Literary Networking after Francois Villon Most days I’d rather be bundled into…
Kevin Higgins: The Happy Song of Us
The Happy Song of Us Okay to buy your grandchild an ice-cream. Illegal for them…
Poetry – Kevin Higgins
Our Posh Liberal Friends for Susan Whenever I show them the Future, they refuse it;…
Poetry: Kevin Higgins
Presidential When you finish reading this poem, you’ll remember only the Black Forest Gateaux I…
Poetry – Kevin Higgins
Tribute Acts Each witch hunt is a tribute act to the last. There is always…
Poetry – Kevin Higgins
The Joke after Walter Benjamin A barrel of industrial waste poured into a suit donated…
Homage to Henry Kissinger
When Henry Kissinger again fails to die Another tree in the Central Highlands loses all…
Poetry – Kevin Higgins
After Recent Unfortunate Results Next election onwards, there’ll be a second vote for those who…