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Malachy Trainor
‘The title of his paperback collection ‘Thoughts’ seems appropriate as the musing quality of the poems is one of his most recognised features.’ Concerned about modern political problems, he writes a lot of his poems on this subject although some of his poems reflect on his memoirs. His works have had many positive reviews in The Irish News, Daily Ireland, Irish Echo, The Ulster Gazette, Daily Ireland, The Irish World and had poems published in The Village magazine and Belfast Telegraph. Athena Press published his play ‘Pushed to the edge’ in 2002. He draws from his own experiences as a republican activist at work in the 1970s to produce this dramatic piece. Recently he had his poetry shown at en exhibition in Belfast. He was one of a few writers and poets chosen by the Arts and Disability Forum to take part. The ‘Winter’s Chill’ exhibition was the first of its kind in the ADF Gallery. The work shown was a selection of poems, prose, and short stories which were hoping to enhance the insight and alter ideas of the reader.
Bees Honey The
warm glow of
that summer That Time Yesterday Soft
shelter, cool
and clear
Inside
heart bleeds
again Darker Days and Now Flight Where
blind you born
to be New Space to Climb Resources,
space fills out And so they Say In
the future so
they say Submission Guidelines: Poems of no more than 30 lines in length each will be considered. Post your poems to Featured Poets, Forward Press Ltd, Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Peterborough PE2 9JX (Write your name and address on each piece of work you send) Or email your poems to inbox@forwardpress.co.uk (Enter Featured Poets in the subject line, including your name and postal address) |
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Armagh
City poet
Malachy Trainor,
age 53, was born
in the 1950s and
was a former
Republican
prisoner. He
became involved
in politics from
an early age.
During the
hunger strikes
in 1981 he was
in the Kesh and
while serving
time on the
blanket he began
to write poetry
as a way of
expression. He
has not stopped
writing since
and devotes
himself to being
a full time
writer. He is
extremely
enthusiastic and
very
competitive,
hoping to become
a well-known
figure in the
poetry scene. He
describes his
creative process
as ‘turning on
the tap’. He
draws on his
experiences as a
political
activist to help
enlighten his
views and mould
his questions.
‘His poetry
reflects on the
social and
political
upheaval that
has
characterised
the past 50
years.’ After
having many
poems published,
Expac News ‘The
Ex-Prisoners
Assistance
Committee
Newsletter’
offered to
compile and
produce a
booklet of his
work.
Look
out for his poem
‘Oh The Sky’
in the latest
Forward Press
anthology ‘Count
Our Blessings’.
He has proved
you can earn
recognition and
success as a
poet.
‘Thoughts’
is available
from McAnerneys
in Armagh priced
£2.00. His play
’Pushed to the
edge‘ is
available on 
The
changing age is
available at
various outlets
across Armagh
and is free of
charge.
