CARLOS REYES is an Irish-American poet blessed with an Hispanic name. Of his
work Carolyn Kizer has said: Mr. Reyes is one of our local and national
treasures. His poetry is as clear and strong as his social conscience. One
is always struck by his sensual and sensory qualities: the touch, taste,
feel, color of things, and his ability to capture a mood, a world, in a
handful of lines.
His books of poetry include The Shingle Weaver¹s Journal
(1980), a finalist for the Elliston Prize, Nightmarks (1990) and A Suitcase
Full of Crows (1995), a Bluestem Winner and a finalist for the Oregon Book
Awards in 1996.
He has also published nine chapbooks, including The
Windows(1967),The Prisoner (1973), The Orange Letters (1976), At Doolin
Quay (1980), Open Doors, a translation of Ecuadorean poet Edwin Madrid¹s
³Puertas abiertas (1999). Oilean Agus Oilean Eile (Two Islands) was
selected as a finalist in the 1993 and 1995 National Poetry Series
Competition .
His poetry manuscript This Metaphor for the World Rubén Darío
Gave us Azul, was a finalist for the 1999 Backwaters Prize. At the Edge of
the Western Wave, a finalist for the 2002 National Poetry Series, was
published by Lost Horse Press in 2004.
At present, in addition to his almost
daily poetry writing, he is beginning to compile the poems for a
collected/selected works, which hopefully will appear before his 75th
birthday.
His latest book of poems is At the Edge of the Western Wave
recounts to some extent his thirty years or so experience in Ireland.
He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, editor and book designer
Karen Checkoway, and travels to Ireland, where he maintains a late 18th
Century cottage, and other interesting places such as Cuba, Ecuador, Greece
and Spain.
Since 1982 he has worked in the Artists-in-Schools program, Young
Audiences and Writers-in-the-Schools teaching poetry writing to all grade
levels.
The White House Poetry Revival has being going now for three years. Every Wednesday the famous old world bar is transformed into a centre of culture as poets recite their latest work. Barney Sheehan, the man behind the revival of poetry at the White House, continues to attract the best of Irish and International poetry to Limerick. He sees the involvement of Foras na Gaeilge as a recognition of the work they have put in to making the White House one of the pre eminent venues for poetry in Ireland.
As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so. Complementary finger food is provided and proceeding commence at 9.00 pm.
For further information contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409.
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The White House pub is located in the centre of Limerick City at 52 O'Connell Street. Its exact location is on the corner of Glentworth Street and O'Connell Street, opposite the Ulster Bank and the Bank of Ireland. It is approximately 5 minutes walk from the train and bus station - exit the station and go down Davis Street, pass Taits Clock continue on down Glentworth Street and the White House is on the right hand corner at end of street.
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