Books
2022
BeastWhat makes us animals? In “Beast”, Luke Morgan sets out to balance the inconvenient truths of our nature with the ideas of who we believe we can be. An autobiography of sorts, told through the lens of the animal kingdom, “Beast” is a visceral exploration of the beasts within us all. Honest, raw, primal and beautiful, this collection of poems aims to challenge your faith in humankind, before restoring it anew.
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2016
Honest WallsHonest Walls is the debut poetry collection from writer, filmmaker, and actor Luke Morgan. Whether he is imagining a cafe in liftoff or playing with a skeleton in a science lab, the author connects us to the moment, maps it, brings us beyond it, and changes the way we look at the world.
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PRaise for BEAST
"There's a real ambition on display...these images show a striking, energetic imagination with potential to charge a poem with enough voltage"
Seán Hewitt, The Irish Times
"pulses with a feral, nerve-sharpening energy...everyone must read it."
Ciarán O'Rourke, Skylight 47
"Here is a lively voice, a voice alive to ideas and language."
Niall MacMonagle
Seán Hewitt, The Irish Times
"pulses with a feral, nerve-sharpening energy...everyone must read it."
Ciarán O'Rourke, Skylight 47
"Here is a lively voice, a voice alive to ideas and language."
Niall MacMonagle
Listen
Words that BurnAn interview with Ben Collopy from Words that Burn. Luke speaks about myth, memory, masculinity and community and reads poems from Beast.
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Poetry Films
from "Beast" (2022), "Rodent" is a poem about my heart condition. Join Gregory, Tig the rat, and some more of my closest collaborators for a light-hearted exploration of me coming to terms with the pesky pet in my chest.
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from Evan Boland's final issue of Poetry Ireland Review (2020), "Refurbishment" details my experiences going through heartbreak using the metaphor of a building site.
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If you’re more comfortable buying from Amazon and Book Depository, I understand. It’s available on those sites here.
BUT! If you’re going to buy from those places…I’d urge you to consider Kennys.ie instead. It’s an independently run Irish bookstore - an actual place, not a soulless warehouse. The book is available from them here.
Thank you! Looking forward to hearing what you think,
Luke x
BUT! If you’re going to buy from those places…I’d urge you to consider Kennys.ie instead. It’s an independently run Irish bookstore - an actual place, not a soulless warehouse. The book is available from them here.
Thank you! Looking forward to hearing what you think,
Luke x
I wish to thank the Arts Council of Ireland, with whose generous support in the form of a literature bursary in 2021 I was able to complete "Beast".
See what kind of funding opportunities there are at www.artscouncil.ie |