Denise O'Hagan
@deniseohagan.bsky.social
Poet/editor • Monica Taylor Poetry Prize • NSW Poetry Prize • Dalkey Poetry Prize • Anamnesis (Eric Hoffer Book Awards Finalist & Rubery Book Award shortlist) • Currently Writer-in-Residence at Don Bank Museum • denise-ohagan.com
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Denise O'Hagan
@deniseohagan.bsky.social
· Nov 30
Sharing my poem which won the NSW Poetry Prize 2024 (theme 'courage'). The title is a reference to Boston Children's Hospital. Congratulations to all placed and sincere gratitude to the judges 🎉🙏
nswpoetryprize.au/results
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetition #EbsteinsAnomaly #bostonchildrenshospital
nswpoetryprize.au/results
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetition #EbsteinsAnomaly #bostonchildrenshospital
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Call for submissions - Issue 10 'Aquatic' Authora Australis now open, with Guest Editor Jena Woodhouse. Submissions due 31 December!
www.authora.net
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December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Call for submissions - Issue 10 'Aquatic' Authora Australis now open, with Guest Editor Jena Woodhouse. Submissions due 31 December!
www.authora.net
www.authora.net
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No better time of year to contemplate the world’s incorrigible plurality, than Christmas. The haves & have nots, the spiritual & secular
Under this sits MacNeice’s agnosticism & his father’s profound faith
'more than glass between the snow & the huge roses'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#christmas
Under this sits MacNeice’s agnosticism & his father’s profound faith
'more than glass between the snow & the huge roses'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#christmas
December 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
No better time of year to contemplate the world’s incorrigible plurality, than Christmas. The haves & have nots, the spiritual & secular
Under this sits MacNeice’s agnosticism & his father’s profound faith
'more than glass between the snow & the huge roses'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#christmas
Under this sits MacNeice’s agnosticism & his father’s profound faith
'more than glass between the snow & the huge roses'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#christmas
Delighted that my poem 'One night in August’ was shortlisted in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2025! Gratitude to all at
@aestheticamagazine.com.web.brid.gy - and the #SouthCoastWritersCentre where it was shortlisted in the poetry award 2024 🙏
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetition #poetry
@aestheticamagazine.com.web.brid.gy - and the #SouthCoastWritersCentre where it was shortlisted in the poetry award 2024 🙏
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetition #poetry
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Delighted that my poem 'One night in August’ was shortlisted in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2025! Gratitude to all at
@aestheticamagazine.com.web.brid.gy - and the #SouthCoastWritersCentre where it was shortlisted in the poetry award 2024 🙏
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetition #poetry
@aestheticamagazine.com.web.brid.gy - and the #SouthCoastWritersCentre where it was shortlisted in the poetry award 2024 🙏
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetition #poetry
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Sometimes I read poems too quickly. This one deserves to be read slowly, to be read more than once, with attention paid to every word...
and 'we should be careful of each other, we should be kind while there is still time'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
and 'we should be careful of each other, we should be kind while there is still time'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sometimes I read poems too quickly. This one deserves to be read slowly, to be read more than once, with attention paid to every word...
and 'we should be careful of each other, we should be kind while there is still time'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
and 'we should be careful of each other, we should be kind while there is still time'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
Reposted by Denise O'Hagan
Rochford Street Review Issue 43. The immediacy of the message: Mark Roberts reviews ‘Each Night I Count My Children: Poems From Gaza’ edited by Denise Howell.
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The immediacy of the message: Mark Roberts reviews ‘Each Night I Count My Children: Poems From Gaza’
The recently published chapbook, Each Night I Count my Children: Poems from Gaza, is one example of how poetry has survived in the rubble of Gaza and, indeed, how it has become an essential part of…
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December 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rochford Street Review Issue 43. The immediacy of the message: Mark Roberts reviews ‘Each Night I Count My Children: Poems From Gaza’ edited by Denise Howell.
rochfordstreetreview.com/2025/12/03/t...
rochfordstreetreview.com/2025/12/03/t...
'Faced with overwhelming evidence, including accusations of witchcraft and incest, Fufidius retains the services of Cicero, to save Helvia ...' So writes @tallandtrue.bsky.social of #HistoricalThriller 'A Roman Death', available at major online retailers! 🎁
#giftideas #HistoricalFiction
#giftideas #HistoricalFiction
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
'Faced with overwhelming evidence, including accusations of witchcraft and incest, Fufidius retains the services of Cicero, to save Helvia ...' So writes @tallandtrue.bsky.social of #HistoricalThriller 'A Roman Death', available at major online retailers! 🎁
#giftideas #HistoricalFiction
#giftideas #HistoricalFiction
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Happy that my poem 'How to ferment your past’ is longlisted in this year’s Live Canon Single Poem Competition, in sparkling company! 🙏
livecanon.co.uk/.../product/... Thanks to the judge Nina Murray, and congrats to all! 🎉#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetiton #livecanonpoemcompetition
livecanon.co.uk/.../product/... Thanks to the judge Nina Murray, and congrats to all! 🎉#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetiton #livecanonpoemcompetition
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Happy that my poem 'How to ferment your past’ is longlisted in this year’s Live Canon Single Poem Competition, in sparkling company! 🙏
livecanon.co.uk/.../product/... Thanks to the judge Nina Murray, and congrats to all! 🎉#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetiton #livecanonpoemcompetition
livecanon.co.uk/.../product/... Thanks to the judge Nina Murray, and congrats to all! 🎉#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetiton #livecanonpoemcompetition
Delighted and grateful that my poem ‘The Icon Painter of Constantinople’ was highly commended in the Australian Catholic University Poetry Prize 2025, theme 'Belonging'. Congrats to all and gratitude to the judges! 🙏
acu.edu.au/.../office-o...
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetiton #acupoetryprize
acu.edu.au/.../office-o...
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetiton #acupoetryprize
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Delighted and grateful that my poem ‘The Icon Painter of Constantinople’ was highly commended in the Australian Catholic University Poetry Prize 2025, theme 'Belonging'. Congrats to all and gratitude to the judges! 🙏
acu.edu.au/.../office-o...
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetiton #acupoetryprize
acu.edu.au/.../office-o...
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetiton #acupoetryprize
#TheMarrowInternationalPoetry is one of the most exciting international poetry journals around. I’m thrilled to be joining it as editor working with Judith Beveridge and founding members Audrey Molloy & Daragh Byrne!
Submissions for Issue Six open 1 November! 🤩
#poetrycommunity #PoetryJournal
Submissions for Issue Six open 1 November! 🤩
#poetrycommunity #PoetryJournal
October 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#TheMarrowInternationalPoetry is one of the most exciting international poetry journals around. I’m thrilled to be joining it as editor working with Judith Beveridge and founding members Audrey Molloy & Daragh Byrne!
Submissions for Issue Six open 1 November! 🤩
#poetrycommunity #PoetryJournal
Submissions for Issue Six open 1 November! 🤩
#poetrycommunity #PoetryJournal
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Rochford Street Review Issue 43. Vale Moya Costello.
Rochford Street Review was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of writer, editor, academic and wine critic Moya Costello.
rochfordstreetreview.com/2025/10/14/v...
Rochford Street Review was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of writer, editor, academic and wine critic Moya Costello.
rochfordstreetreview.com/2025/10/14/v...
Vale Moya Costello
Rochford Street Review was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of writer, editor, academic and wine critic Moya Costello.
rochfordstreetreview.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Rochford Street Review Issue 43. Vale Moya Costello.
Rochford Street Review was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of writer, editor, academic and wine critic Moya Costello.
rochfordstreetreview.com/2025/10/14/v...
Rochford Street Review was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of writer, editor, academic and wine critic Moya Costello.
rochfordstreetreview.com/2025/10/14/v...
Honoured to have my third #poetry #manuscript in the 5 Islands Press list for 2026–7! Thanks to #5IslandsPress and congratulations to all 🤩 My gratitude also to Amanda Hudson of North Sydney Council and my mentor Rebecca Goss 🙏
#poetrycommunity #PoetryPublishing
#poetrycommunity #PoetryPublishing
October 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Honoured to have my third #poetry #manuscript in the 5 Islands Press list for 2026–7! Thanks to #5IslandsPress and congratulations to all 🤩 My gratitude also to Amanda Hudson of North Sydney Council and my mentor Rebecca Goss 🙏
#poetrycommunity #PoetryPublishing
#poetrycommunity #PoetryPublishing
I'm much indebted to María Del Castillo Sucerquia for translating three of my poems into #Spanish for the fabulous magazine Revista literaria Ajkö ki, Costa Rica! revistaajkoki.com/.../traducci... #poetrycommunity #translating #poetryintranslation
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October 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I'm much indebted to María Del Castillo Sucerquia for translating three of my poems into #Spanish for the fabulous magazine Revista literaria Ajkö ki, Costa Rica! revistaajkoki.com/.../traducci... #poetrycommunity #translating #poetryintranslation
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There is something hauntingly beautiful in this juxtaposition of sadness and hope
'Although the wind'
- Izumi Shikibu
#poetry
#poemoftheday
'Although the wind'
- Izumi Shikibu
#poetry
#poemoftheday
September 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
There is something hauntingly beautiful in this juxtaposition of sadness and hope
'Although the wind'
- Izumi Shikibu
#poetry
#poemoftheday
'Although the wind'
- Izumi Shikibu
#poetry
#poemoftheday
Delighted to have my poem ‘Larthia speaks’ selected for Given Words (National Poetry Day NZ) – huge thanks to Charles Olsen, Sophia Wilson and Pat White 🙏 You can read all the poems at: nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/2025/09/ #nzpoetryday #givenwords #poetrycommunity #regolinigalassitomb
September 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Delighted to have my poem ‘Larthia speaks’ selected for Given Words (National Poetry Day NZ) – huge thanks to Charles Olsen, Sophia Wilson and Pat White 🙏 You can read all the poems at: nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/2025/09/ #nzpoetryday #givenwords #poetrycommunity #regolinigalassitomb
Pleased to have a poem in this year's anthology of shortlisted entries from the #ArtemesiaArts Poetry Competition! Gratitude to the editors and the judge Jo Bell. ‘Sea of Serenity’ (Mosaique Press) is available at Amazon :)
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetition
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetition
September 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Pleased to have a poem in this year's anthology of shortlisted entries from the #ArtemesiaArts Poetry Competition! Gratitude to the editors and the judge Jo Bell. ‘Sea of Serenity’ (Mosaique Press) is available at Amazon :)
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetition
#poetrycommunity #poetrycompetition
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“Future generations will look upon the decision to shutter Meanjin with contempt…” @catrionamp.bsky.social on the Meanjin debacle www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“Future generations will look upon the decision to shutter Meanjin with contempt…” @catrionamp.bsky.social on the Meanjin debacle www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
'Justice must not be confused with law.'
It was an honour and no small responsibility to review Angela Costi’s most ambitious collection to date, ‘The Heart of the Advocate’ (#LiquidAmberPress). The review is published in @rochfordstreview.bsky.social :)
#poetrybookreview #poetrycommunity #advocacy
It was an honour and no small responsibility to review Angela Costi’s most ambitious collection to date, ‘The Heart of the Advocate’ (#LiquidAmberPress). The review is published in @rochfordstreview.bsky.social :)
#poetrybookreview #poetrycommunity #advocacy
August 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
'Justice must not be confused with law.'
It was an honour and no small responsibility to review Angela Costi’s most ambitious collection to date, ‘The Heart of the Advocate’ (#LiquidAmberPress). The review is published in @rochfordstreview.bsky.social :)
#poetrybookreview #poetrycommunity #advocacy
It was an honour and no small responsibility to review Angela Costi’s most ambitious collection to date, ‘The Heart of the Advocate’ (#LiquidAmberPress). The review is published in @rochfordstreview.bsky.social :)
#poetrybookreview #poetrycommunity #advocacy
The 2025 Winter Edition of the New Zealand Poetry Society's journal 'a fine line' is out! Gratitude to editor Cadence Chung for including my poem ‘Eavesdropping’ among a formidable array of work! :)
www.poetrysociety.org.nz/afl-home/alf...
#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #newzealandpoetry
www.poetrysociety.org.nz/afl-home/alf...
#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #newzealandpoetry
August 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The 2025 Winter Edition of the New Zealand Poetry Society's journal 'a fine line' is out! Gratitude to editor Cadence Chung for including my poem ‘Eavesdropping’ among a formidable array of work! :)
www.poetrysociety.org.nz/afl-home/alf...
#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #newzealandpoetry
www.poetrysociety.org.nz/afl-home/alf...
#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #newzealandpoetry
Closing the studio door for the last time … so ends my residency at Don Bank Museum! Gratitude to the supportive staff at #NorthSydneyCouncil and #StantonLibrary 🙏 For details on future residency applications, keep an eye on the Council's website 💐
#writingcommunity #writerinresidence #donbankmuseum
#writingcommunity #writerinresidence #donbankmuseum
August 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Closing the studio door for the last time … so ends my residency at Don Bank Museum! Gratitude to the supportive staff at #NorthSydneyCouncil and #StantonLibrary 🙏 For details on future residency applications, keep an eye on the Council's website 💐
#writingcommunity #writerinresidence #donbankmuseum
#writingcommunity #writerinresidence #donbankmuseum
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Thrilled to be speaking with Vanessa Proctor at a poetry-centred afternoon at #TheStateLibraryofNSW on 13 August! I'll be exploring 'Poetry and the Language of Seduction' - gratitude to #TheSocietyofWomenWritersNSW🙏 Full details at the Society's website :)
#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
July 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Thrilled to be speaking with Vanessa Proctor at a poetry-centred afternoon at #TheStateLibraryofNSW on 13 August! I'll be exploring 'Poetry and the Language of Seduction' - gratitude to #TheSocietyofWomenWritersNSW🙏 Full details at the Society's website :)
#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Gratified to have poems in the centenary issue of 'Women's Ink!', the Society of Women Writers NSW magazine - gratitude to the editors. 'Reframing Daphne' was first published on the Keats-Shelley Prize website where it was shortlisted 🤩
#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #societyofwomenwritersnsw
#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #societyofwomenwritersnsw
July 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Gratified to have poems in the centenary issue of 'Women's Ink!', the Society of Women Writers NSW magazine - gratitude to the editors. 'Reframing Daphne' was first published on the Keats-Shelley Prize website where it was shortlisted 🤩
#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #societyofwomenwritersnsw
#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #societyofwomenwritersnsw
Delighted to participate in poetry panel ‘The Making of a Poem’, with Anne Casey and Colleen Keating, deftly moderated by Michele Seminara. Gratitude to the Society of Women Writers NSW and Willoughby City Library!
#poetrycommunity #poetryconversation #societyofwomenwritersnsw #willoughbycitylibrary
#poetrycommunity #poetryconversation #societyofwomenwritersnsw #willoughbycitylibrary
July 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Delighted to participate in poetry panel ‘The Making of a Poem’, with Anne Casey and Colleen Keating, deftly moderated by Michele Seminara. Gratitude to the Society of Women Writers NSW and Willoughby City Library!
#poetrycommunity #poetryconversation #societyofwomenwritersnsw #willoughbycitylibrary
#poetrycommunity #poetryconversation #societyofwomenwritersnsw #willoughbycitylibrary