Michael Dooley’s poems have appeared in Banshee, the Irish Independent, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, and have been broadcast on RTÉ Radio One. He has had work shortlisted for prizes including The Patrick Kavanagh Award, The Strokestown International Poetry Competition, The Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition, and The Cúirt New Writing Prize, among others. His debut collection, In Spring We Turned to Water (Doire Press), was shortlisted for the Farmgate Café National Poetry Award, and was jointly awarded the Southword Debut Poetry Collection Award. He is a teacher and lives in Co. Limerick.

photograph: Shauna Kennedy, Morning Star Photography