WINNER OF THE 2025 LAWRENCE O'SHAUGHNESSY AWARD*
Morgan's third full-length collection "Blood Atlas" is new in 2025 from Arlen House, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary in publishing.
Blood Atlas is an odyssey through lineage, legacy and language. Journeying from lands as far as Kathmandu to the poet’s hometown of Oughterard, County Galway, Blood Atlas is an exploration not only of ancestry, but the universe inside the human body.
More information on Morgan's previous collections, "Honest Walls" (2016) and "Beast" (2022) is available to view here.
Please get in contact if you'd like to connect with Luke.
*The Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry was established in 1997 at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, to honour outstanding Irish poets. The prize honors both the literary achievement of the poet and their contribution to the community of writers in Ireland. Previous winners include Eavan Boland, Paula Meehan, Moya Cannon & Jessica Traynor.
Blood Atlas is an odyssey through lineage, legacy and language. Journeying from lands as far as Kathmandu to the poet’s hometown of Oughterard, County Galway, Blood Atlas is an exploration not only of ancestry, but the universe inside the human body.
More information on Morgan's previous collections, "Honest Walls" (2016) and "Beast" (2022) is available to view here.
Please get in contact if you'd like to connect with Luke.
*The Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry was established in 1997 at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, to honour outstanding Irish poets. The prize honors both the literary achievement of the poet and their contribution to the community of writers in Ireland. Previous winners include Eavan Boland, Paula Meehan, Moya Cannon & Jessica Traynor.
Sonnet for a Deer Tick
Read a poem from "Blood Atlas", published as poem-of-the-week in the Irish Times, May 2024. IT Subscribers can read here:
The poet wishes to thank the Arts Council of Ireland, with whose generous support in the form of a literature bursaries in 2021 & 2024 he was able to complete "Beast", and "Blood Atlas".
See what kind of funding opportunities there are for writers resident in Ireland at www.artscouncil.ie |