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- [St Fergal's College, Co. Laois](https://headlit.ie/st-fergals-college-laois/) - Poetry submissions from our TY Workshop in St. Fergal's College, Co. Laois.
- [Colaiste Chraobh Abhann, Co. Wicklow](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-chraobh-abhann/) - Some excellent and creative submissions from our recent workshop in Coláiste Chraobh Abhann in Co. Wicklow.
- [St Finian's College, Co. Westmeath](https://headlit.ie/st-finians-college-co-westmeath/) - Be the Weird One Ireland has a culture, Everyone's the same, Same GAA jerseys, same tracksuits, The only thing that differs is our name, But behind all of this, Behind the walls we have built all around us, Is all of our pent up shame, The shame to be different, The shame of being "weird",
- [Colaiste Choilm, Co. Cork](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-choilm-co-cork/) - Connections I watched from the corner of the room, As mouths moved in a jumbled motion. Any activities became mundane when, I looked up at the invisible connected wires that Stayed closed off to my own. I was happy to be my own shape, to change when I deemed what was true of me. But
- [Presentation Secondary School, Waterford](https://headlit.ie/presentation-secondary-school-waterford/) - Distorted Mirror Pieces Can't be emotional or else I'll fall into the stereotype. Can't laugh too loud or I'll be a bother, Can't be too quiet or I'll be boring Can't have different interests or they'll find another. If I'm too nice I'll get walked over If I'm too harsh I'll just be a loner.
- [Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh](https://headlit.ie/gaelcholaiste-luimnigh-3/) - To Be Heard I hate waking up early And have to listen to the birdies I hate walking home And having to walk the long road I hate when people speak over me And treat me as like a flea I hate when people leaving me out And to be heard I have to shout.
- [St. Colmans College, Co. Mayo](https://headlit.ie/st-colmans-college-co-mayo/) - I Come From a Life I come from a life of simplicity And green where rivers meet fields Of never ending silky green grass The sky dark grey as if it was angry The land turning sour and putrid The cows bellowing with worry In their hearts I hate the way the Land acts tough
- [Scoil Chaitriona, Dublin](https://headlit.ie/scoil-chaitriona-dublin/) - Safe Not feeling safe walking down the road past 8 o'clock When women do not feel comfortable around other Women down to insecurities. The overthinking of Making sure you find the right man when r older the One that won't scream at you and the one that will take Care of your kids when your
- [Regina Mundi, Cork](https://headlit.ie/regina-mundi-cork/) - Don’t You? If you call yourself a feminist then how come You don't cross the road late at night. How Come you don't let me walk on the road side Of the footpath. It's not that I don't trust you As a person I just don't trust men as a whole l. So next time
- [Nenagh College, Co. Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/nenagh-college-co-tipperary/) - Walking Home I hate walking home because of how old men look at me in case they follow me or if someone kidnaps me and I will never get seen again. Patience A fly keeps circling what I'm trying to say A drip counts louder then the clock My patience thins like cheap gray thread
- [Firhouse Educate Together, Dublin](https://headlit.ie/firhouse-educate-together-dublin/) - Connections To the streets I walk, through the grass meadows I long for a connection with whom I believe myself to be Unchanged by those who see as wrong I'll be whom this mind and body allows. My Life In TY I'm in TY now, and let me tell you, it's great !!. I
- [St Patrick's College, Co. Cavan](https://headlit.ie/st-patricks-college-co-cavan/) - Untitled The restrictions on us cause some people can't act there age The sitting in class rooms for 6 hours to learn nothing cause Your brain works differently. Being a failure 'cause your not Passing your exams which aren't for everyone men that try To destroy other men's confidence just cause there's something Bad things
- [St Joseph's Patrician College (The Bish), Galway](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-patrician-college-the-bish-galway-2/) - Untitled I come where the sun never shines the sons of the father are bored at the ward where the poor man sleeps and dies he lies to the Lord with his empty prayers of trust and lust. Real Power You preach strength Like its something you own But real power Doesn't need to put
- [Coláiste na bPiarsach, Co. Galway](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-na-bpiarsach-co-galway/) - Untitled The day is beautiful the day is sweet Hey let's meet? You seem so sweet, but you heard about me. And what I done and no I am no longer nice and sweet I'm a bum. Because you speak and talk so much the other women are off limits Because of what I become. Shell I'm a shy guy
- [St. Brendan’s Community School, Co. Offaly](https://headlit.ie/st-brendans-community-school-co-offaly/) - Three of a kind Three of a Kind I was never just one on my own, I was laughter times three, fully grown. With Ali and Anna right by my side, I learned from the start how to share and to glide Through moments too loud, too fast, too small— Ali's spark, like a light
- [High Cross College, Co. Galway](https://headlit.ie/high-cross-college-co-galway/) - Love Love life is hard Some days it’s good other days are bad But no matter what never give up Try to solve the problems Always look out for each other When life is tough always talk to your loved one But no matter how hard it gets never go to sleep angry with each
- [St Peters College, Co. Wexford](https://headlit.ie/st-peters-college-co-wexford/) - Some boys My experience of being a man, it's different to other boys. While some boys like doing stuff that would hurt someone else's feelings, I always avoid doing that, as well as i consider people's feelings. If some boys like to get into fights easily, I prefer to stay away and not get involved.
- [Coláiste Chiaráin, Athlone, Co. Westmeath](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-chiarain-athlone-2/) - Excluded From being bullied to bullying myself From hated being alone to learning To like being lonely. From learning to being excluded to Excluding myself. Experiences From when I was little in Primary Expresses how i have taken how I was treated 8 years of my life Into everyday life. Numb Life is a
- [Templeogue College, Co. Dublin](https://headlit.ie/templeogue-college-co-dublin/) - Who You've Always Wanted To Be Too many people forgetting the dreams of years gone by, the dreams that brought so many tears to their eye, all for the pursuit of temporary enjoyment, accepting the future of boring employment. But what I will not forget is that I can literally do anything, I can
- [St. Angela's College, Co. Cork](https://headlit.ie/st-angelas-college-co-cork/) - My Right Darkness has fallen I feel a shadow behind, Fear has become my mind. But what could it be? My first thought is a tree But footsteps are encroaching, Without light, I'm ready to fight. Their breath is heavy, Footsteps weighted Masculine traits, we've all heard the stories One more name in
- [St. Marys CBS, Co. Wexford](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-cbs-co-wexford/) - Subtlety Interaction quietly laced with subtle cues, cues majority pick up, without a thought. Our tongue's delicate with subtlety; trilling, continuous rolling, silent vowels, changes of pitch and intonation. Subtle movements, daisy chained to create a glorious movement. Our muscle fibres, Our training, Our visual acuity, Our everything. That Chap As I walk
- [Kildare Town Community School, Co. Kildare](https://headlit.ie/kildare-town-community-school-co-kildare/) - Creative minds A creative mind can be quick to go dull, When a mouth of louder opinions decides to take its run, Telling you it's not enough, belittling your feelings, The paper then gets crumpled up, leaving your mind screaming, Screaming wondering if it's wrong, or if you should just let it happen, 'No, there's
- [Grange Post Primary School, Co. Sligo](https://headlit.ie/grange-post-primary-school-co-sligo/) - What a change Child to woman, what a change from dressing wild with out a care to caring more than anything from silly eyeshadow you found in your mums room to going to school with a full face from no beauty standard to one so complex from child to woman, what a change. Kind
- [Ashton School, Co. Cork](https://headlit.ie/ashton-school-co-cork/) - It’s me It’s always strange going to school. And seeing the other boys. They have short hair. They like sports. They talk in front of crowds like it doesn't matter. I'm not like them. I have long hair. I like cartoons and drawing. I'm terrified of talking in front crowds. It scares me sometimes. But
- [Templeogue College, Dublin](https://headlit.ie/templeogue-college-dublin/) - The Boulder I feel like Sisyphus pushing a boulder up a mountain, every time I get anywhere I lose grip and I end up back where I started. I feel every one else is miles ahead of me, While I keep falling back to the start, while I am pushing it, I feel great
- [St Mary’s Secondary School, Co. Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-secondary-school-co-tipperary/) - My experience of being bullied. they laugh at me in the hallway loud I feel like I'm stuck in a never ending cloud my face looks red and puffy, they point and stare My dad tells me I shouldn’t care I try walk fast but the floor feels slow All I want to do is
- [St Nathy's College, Co. Roscommon](https://headlit.ie/st-nathys-college-co-roscommon/) - Jungle of Life Brown and grey jungle, Miles in every direction. Centuries of history, But filled with misdirection. Anger, fear consolidated, Division far and wide. How did we allow ourselves To reach such wide divide? Fear of expressing personality, Anger to those who can. But if you want to fix your world, There is a
- [Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Co. Kilkenny](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-pobail-osrai-co-kilkenny/) - Stubborn Heart No one tells you how heavy your own name will feel when you're old enough to carry it alone. You wake up early, not from purpose, but from worry— a low hum behind the ribs that says be more, be better, be faster. They call you young like it's a gift, but youth
- [Colaiste Choilm, Co. Offaly](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-choilm-co-offaly/) - That was the Day The day was the 12th of March 2025, that was the day I heard would be your last alive I cried and cried just hoping it would all be fine, but all those wishes weren't just mine As you played there with tears rolling down your face, I think everyone was
- [Celbridge Community College, College](https://headlit.ie/celbridge-community-college-college/) - I wish- I walk the streets alone with fear Wishing no one would come near I clench my bag, phone, and me Wishing I would just be free The thought of walking all alone Scares me for what is unknown I walk by a group of boys All the stares, the glares, the giggles I
- [Colaiste Eanna, Dublin](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-eanna-dublin/) - Oyster I am an oyster, My protective layer I keep shut, safe To the outside world, a fake me. My shell, a way to pretend, A way to protect from the harsh world Attempting to break, to feast On my vulnerable core. Yet inside, I am a mess of flesh and bone. A being trapped
- [Patrician High School, Monaghan](https://headlit.ie/patrician-high-school-monaghan/) - I'm Proud of Myself I'm proud of myself when I feel the weight of the world behind me. But I hate myself when the world finally crashes all around me. I hate how I always put things off. How the adrenaline pumps inside my mind When I know my time is coming. Yet I hate
- [St. Declan's College, Dublin](https://headlit.ie/st-declans-college-dublin-2/) - Words People are too concerned with words, Needing to be free like birds, What makes or breaks a person is just another person, You need to be you, not just another version, Look around and see everything, not just the good or the bad, But take for yourself what you wish you had. Not
- [St Gerald's College, Castlebar, Mayo](https://headlit.ie/st-geralds-college-castlebar-mayo/) - The Good and Bad If the world could speak, About the good and bad, It would tell us the good ot bring us up, And make us learn from the bad to fix our mistakes, But we focus on the bad, Making it the highlight, And over look the good, As if it wasn't there,
- [St Jarlath's College, Tuam, Galway](https://headlit.ie/st-jarlaths-college-tuam-galway/) - Step Back I hate how we think we are big for putting women down. Figures like Andrew tate humiliate women. But deep down when you’re slagging women and you see one of your mates go over and apologize for your actions. You take a step back and think of this culture and how it had
- [Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, Galway](https://headlit.ie/holy-rosary-college-mountbellew-galway-2/) - “Torn threads” My mother’s love, a complicated sea Crashing waves of anger, tears, and plea A bond that’s frayed, a tie that’s worn Leaving me to navigate, forlorn Family ties, a heavy chain Weighing me down, causing pain A childhood marred by strife and and fear A growth that’s tainted, year by year But admist
- [Bandon Grammar, Cork](https://headlit.ie/bandon-grammar-cork-2/) - Catcalling Whistling, Hollering While your walking, Feeling Scared, Those dark-eyed stares, under gaze of the blinding sun, in the cruel cold night, look back, look left, look back, look right. The Sealing Armour of Masculinity The unsaid vow of silence. To never open up, and must resort to violence An impenetrable armour for a feeble
- [Loreto on the Green, Dublin](https://headlit.ie/loreto-on-the-green-dublin/) - Dusk The soft strokes of my paintbrush now covered the canvas, a deep blue of the night. Speckles of gold dashed through the sky, fields of green running along the horizon. A lark singing from its home branch, cats chasing mice. Evening into night. Dusk. Echo You are Beautiful Like the moon. The serenity
- [Franciscan College, Gormanston, Meath](https://headlit.ie/franciscan-college-gormanston-meath/) - The stone I think in my life I lived on two sides Getting lost in a narrative Or speaking what I think I had comments about second hand opinions I think most was But when I woke up, I think I found myself. I moved on, I walked away from it. Now I think I
- [Borrisokane Community College, Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/borrisokane-community-college-tipperary/) - Struggle & Strength You could say my life is handy, roof over my head, happy loving family. But even though I have it easy there's still struggles there. Didn’t like school. Had to be the big hardy lad to fit in and not yourself. Wasn't the best at sports. Couldn't take a slagging. Even with
- [Defence against the Dark Arts of Media](https://headlit.ie/poems-on-masculinity/) - Catcalling Whistling, Hollering While your walking, Feeling Scared, Those dark-eyed stares, under gaze of the blinding sun, in the cruel cold night, look back, look left, look back, look right. Get Over It Just get over it, It’s not that deep, You’re so dramatic. It’s just a joke, But no one’s laughing. It’s just
- [Christian Brothers College, Cork](https://headlit.ie/christian-brothers-college-cork-2/) - The Thaw of Man When the frost of the land becomes still The sad emotions stay stagnant The harshness of the mistake becomes evident As the world seems to crumble The man shows little emotion And the same will happen tomorrow For the man will never learn Owning it Masculinity is being loyal to
- [Top 10 Brave New Words Submissions of September](https://headlit.ie/top-10-brave-new-words-submissions-of-september/) - Oh, September, the official end of summer holidays… but as you know, every ending is just another beginning, and what a strong start it has been for our poetry workshops! We’ve had some spectacular submissions from students all over the country this month, and in this round-up blog we will share our top 10 picks
- [Limerick Educate Together Secondary School](https://headlit.ie/limerick-educate-together-secondary-school/) - Untitled Growing up can be hard When those around feed you lies Say you are better than others Say that others are worse than what you are, for who they are, despite the fact they cannot choose That fact. So the biggest change I've made in my life And by far the best, that's
- [St. Peter's Community School, Cork.](https://headlit.ie/st-peters-community-school-cork-2/) - Men annoy me Being a woman pisses me off sometimes, men constantly try to act so superior and call us sensitive when they start entire world wars over issues that could be resolved with a totally amazing concept called communication. Men get to walk around shirtless, and no one bats an eye but god forbid
- [Cross And Passion College, Kildare](https://headlit.ie/cross-and-passion-college-kildare/) - Untitled Love will be your pleasure Love will be your joy Love will get you through things Love will be the cause of your pain Love will put you in a bad place In the end we all need love Untitled My finger picks The clock ticks I think I want to go home.
- [St. Mary's Nenagh, Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-nenagh/) - Untitled I come from a small town thinking this is where I belong. Knowing there's so much more for me to overcome. Not knowing where to begin so that I don't end up alone. There's so much more to see and I'm feeling like I'm missing out on the best parts of me. I hope
- [Anastasia Pappas](https://headlit.ie/anastasia-pappas/) - Creative strategist and copywriter with over two decades of experience across MTV (during its cultural peak) HBO, VH-1, Nickelodeon, and Sesame Street. She has written copy for high-profile talent including Leonardo DiCaprio, Beyonce and Samuel Jackson. She co-produced, packaged and directed Eddie Izzard’s stand up special, Circle. At Inspireland she helped develop the website and
- [St. Joseph's Patrician College 'The Bish', Galway](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-patrician-college-the-bish-galway/) - That feeling That feeling walking down the tunnel The clicks and cracks that echo down the tunnel The loud but yet quiet movements That empty feeling That excited feeling That happy feeling That scared feeling The unknown feeling The feeling of not knowing whether your excited or scared The whole week has been led up
- [Mount Anville Secondary School, Dublin](https://headlit.ie/mount-anville-secondary-school-dublin/) - Silent Gaze Couples pass by Each with the same look in their eye They laugh and they smile Their love seen from over a mile Embracing the good times while they last It leads me to think of our past The memories we made Before reality stomped on our parade I wonder if you ever
- [Enfield Community College, Meath](https://headlit.ie/enfield-community-college-meath/) - We Are All Made of Supernovas Sort of like a stormy box? Like a window lock (it's locked) Like a cat chasing its chewed up scraps of yarn, As both the chicken and the fox When the knocking knocker knocks Upon the door outside my birthplace (yes, a barn). Hailing from the clouds (Not like
- [St Joseph's, Tulla, Clare](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-tulla-clare/) - The Yellow Mellow Berries There was once a a big tree, that grew berries. The berries were yellow, they looked very mellow. The tree was so old, that it started to fold. When it starts to fold, the berries turns to mold. The berries are not very nice, so we fed them to the mice.
- [Ashton School, Cork](https://headlit.ie/ashton-school-cork-3/) - Running Allow me to pose a question, what is running? Allow me to pose another, how would you describe it? Now allow me to tell you something. Running can be different. Running can be different from one one human to another, as different as the Irish weather, between one day and the next. As different
- [Colaiste Dun Iascaigh, Cahir, Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-dun-iascaigh-cahir-tipperary/) - Tower of Words You hide with your words your dos and your donts the things that you do the things that you wont the shit that you say to others around the tales that you tell ill not make a sound youll act big and tough when your really small you hide with you words
- [Mountrath Community School, Laois](https://headlit.ie/mountrath-community-school-laois-2/) - Roses All roses come with thorns. But getting cut is your fault. You must know how to handle the rose or else you will drop blood. But all flowers come with consequences like the Lily of the Valley. Its beauty is unique but it has lethality. As beautiful as it is you’d never expect that
- [Colaiste Choilm, Tullamore](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-choilm-tullamore-2/) - Hunger A hunger that needs A hunger to feed Like a machine Yet acts so serene Weak on the outside But strong as the tide Through the evolution Was created a solution Unknown to the land Well known to the hand It goes far a stray To return another day. New Kid The door
- [Bandon Grammar, Cork](https://headlit.ie/bandon-grammar-cork/) - As Good as it Gets Being great but never the best, Feeling bad but acing the test, Where did that last 8% go, I think you need more fitness your slow, I’m sure he likes you back Shes alright not much craic Is this as good as it gets Think of all the girls Think
- [St Colman's College, Claremorris, Mayo](https://headlit.ie/st-colmans-college-claremorris-mayo/) - Masculinity It is not about being that big man All its about is being you Say what you want Cuz not all men U know Likes football or fighting or Idolizing all that money Not all men have Ideas of what to do in life To be honest You just have to be you.
- [Glenstal Abbey School, Limerick](https://headlit.ie/glenstal-abbey-school-limerick/) - Under the Surface of A Man Under the surface, there is vulnerability and love. there is loyalty and peace. Under the surface, there is kindness and joy. there is fire and compassion. Under the surface we care. Miss Suzhou — my hometown Strong wind blew off roof and made the morning dawn, Door of
- [Limerick Educate Together School](https://headlit.ie/limerick-educate-together-school-2/) - Life like a glass My life is like a glass I try to take love from the ones I pass Some fill theirs like they fill theirs with drink Some with sorrow, some go down the sink Some get stuck with their drink spiked And some end up dead with their drink stabbed with a
- [St Jarlath's, Tuam, County Galway](https://headlit.ie/st-jarlaths-tuam-county-galway/) - Gangsta Fake I really hate how so many my age wants to be a gangster, be cool Everyone is a boring carbon copy, wearing the same north face puffer jackets Everyone doing things they shouldn't everyone being too embarrassed to have passions, to enjoy things I am not gang affiliated, I do not hang around
- [St Finian's College, Mullingar, Westmeath](https://headlit.ie/st-finians-college-mullingar-westmeath-2/) - Girlhood Being a girl is, dreading the walk home alone having horrible cramps shying away from the camera but it's also laughing with friends chatting about books and planning sleepovers gossiping with friends about crushes. It's Scary to walk out on the streets by myself,as myself I see stories and songs of people like
- [Patrician Academy, Mallow, Co Cork](https://headlit.ie/patrician-academy-mallow-co-cork/) - Shallow Bay In between the shallow bay, A little boy lay. His eyes were puffy and red, In the local school uniform. All of a sudden our eyes had met, I had no thought to judge him because I know we are all going through something. Flowers Flowers are many None are like one
- [Cholaiste Calvin, Longwood, County Meath](https://headlit.ie/cholaiste-calvin-longwood-county-meath/) - Kaleidoscope Me People see all types of versions of me But not every person sees the me you see I can dance, i can draw, I can even sing But what do you see passed all these things A girl, maybe who hasn’t got it, Who studies the way she’s told But finds ways to
- [Patrician High School, Carrickmacross, Monaghan](https://headlit.ie/patrician-high-school-carrickmacross-monaghan/) - The Harvest of Man We are like a tree, with different fruits, They all represent different emotions Red apples are like anger Because of its colour bananas are happiness Because of its shape Green apples are like humour Because of its colour watermelons are strong Because of its size This fruits represent emotions of being
- [St Joseph's Secondary School, Rochfortbridge, Westmeath](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-secondary-school-rochfortbridge-westmeath/) - A Rose If I were to love a rose, I'd love it from within. The thorns that defined it's pain, The leaves that fostered the vain. For the rose wouldn't be who I love if it wasn't for the red. There Is Only One Of Me People say countless times There is only one
- [Scoil Chaitriona, Glasnevin, Dublin 9](https://headlit.ie/scoil-chaitriona-glasnevin-dublin-9/) - I walk down the road The air is quiet too quiet would i be safer with a man by my side? thats the question i ask myself I wonder to myself why am i frightened why is the air too quiet and not peaceful Who am i really scared of men. Silenced As i girl
- [Franciscan College Gormanston](https://headlit.ie/franciscan-college-gormanston/) - Autumn Autumn's hue, a season of change, A time of harvest, a time of range, Golden leaves fall, a gentle breeze, A time of joy, a time of ease. The trees stand tall, their limbs so bare, A canvas for the artist's care, Their branches stretch, their roots so deep, A testament to nature's sleep.
- [St Patrick’s College](https://headlit.ie/st-patricks-college/) - Christmas Christmas is my favourite time of year. Family members are near. And everybody is full of cheer. The freezing cold weather. Brings people and communities together. The world is filled with kindness and love. It's a time to remember the people above. Christmas is a magical time of year. Who I Am I enjoy
- [St Benildus College](https://headlit.ie/st-benildus-college-2/) - Friendship Friendship is a bond, strong and true, A treasure that grows in all that we do. Through laughter and tears, side by side, In moments of joy and times we confide. With trust as the anchor, we weather the storm, In the warmth of each other, we find our true form. A shared secret,
- [St Munchin’s College](https://headlit.ie/st-muchins-college/) - St Munchin’s College Manhood I hate the stigma, on men who are trying to be themselves, The feeling of being books that are stuck upon their shelves, The instant scrutiny that comes with doing what you love, Whether that is being hard as stone or as pure as a dove. When I try to express
- [CBC Cork](https://headlit.ie/cbc-cork/) - The countryside Where the river flows Through streets without chatter Where the person goes To try to become better The endless fields of gold and green The farmers work for all these year's So many different crops to be seen Not a shop is near The peace and quiet make people believe That there is
- [Skerries Community School](https://headlit.ie/skerries-community-school/) - Autumn leaves are falling orange and brown, floating softly to the ground. pumpkins apples, and loads of sweets, Autumn days are oh so great. crisp cool air and sky’s so blue, jump in leaf piles, we haven’t a clue. Jackets, scarves, and cozy fun, Autumn is fun for everyone! Beauty Hands are hands Fingers are
- [St Declan's College](https://headlit.ie/st-declans-college/) - The Greatest Match The grass resiled through the players The atmosphere was authentic. The tackles were flying in The players were frantic The stadium was mere strangers The match was a mere battle between winners and losers. Today was the day the players were tarnished. The match ended the fans felt hysteric. Workshop of Beliefs
- [Moyle Park College, Clondalkin](https://headlit.ie/moyle-park-college-clondalkin-2/) - Strength Beneath the weight of whispered fears, A seed of hope begins to bloom. With every struggle, happiness draws near, Transforming darkness into room. In fragile hearts, resilience grows, A quiet strength that always shows. Judge Trying to make a purpose so people will care. People even judging me for my hair. I am walking
- [Killorglin Community College Poetry 2024](https://headlit.ie/killorglin-community-college-poetry-2024/) - Man Made Any sign of love and expression, Falls hard and quick to male suppression. My wonder of stars the sun and the moon, Lies restless inside my impenetrable cocoon. My hands they dance with the music so free That is muffled as fast as the press of the key. Moulded to be the same
- [Christ King Secondary School 2024 Poetry](https://headlit.ie/christ-king-secondary-school-2024-poetry/) - Mother A mothers supposed to be gentle and kind but in her absence I feel completely blind I remember her smile so pretty and bright I see it sometimes when I’m lonely at night my heart breaks annually on that sad day in June my mother, my best friend gone too soon. Gymnastics when I go
- [St Mary’s, Nenagh, Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-nenagh-tipperary/) - St Mary’s Nenagh Poetry Scraps at Dinner I begged my parents everyday For a friend to feed, pet and play You came into my life fragile and small A canine companion, a friend to all Years came by, we both grew up I'd grown tall, a to c cup You'd grown out, large and round
- [Cross and Passion College Poetry](https://headlit.ie/cross-and-passion-college-poetry/) - Grief In shadows deep, where sorrow weeps, Grief's heavy cloak, my spirit keeps. Whispers lost in the silent night, Echoes of pain, veiled from sight. Tears like rivers, flowing free, Embracing loss, a storm in me. In the heart's dark, a void so wide, Where memories dance, by sorrow's side. Yet in
- [St Angela's Ursuline Waterford](https://headlit.ie/st-angelas-ursuline-waterford/) - Baby Bonnie. Baby Bonnie. Her name was bonnie, Cute as a bunny. She had eyes like the ocean, they held such emotion. Her hair a bright scarlett, She could've been a starlet. Bonnie was almost one, Her smile, bright as sun. As perfect as can be, her spirit ever free. The best in the world,
- [Ardgillan College Poetry](https://headlit.ie/ardgillan-college-poetry/) - Ardgillan College Poetry Unsafe Unsafe, the word itself feels unwelcoming When I was young it felt as if it were the monsters under my bed Now I'm growing up and it's the voices in my head They tell me not to wear that shirt, to hide my face in the street, to ignore the men I
- [St Joseph's CBS, Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-cbs-tipperary/) - St Jospeh’s CBS Poems The Corridor In crowded halls where voices rise, A boy walks on with fallen eyes. Faces blend in a blurry image, He searches for a place to envisage Locker’s slam and laughter rings, But in his heart, a silence clings. While others roam in friendship's light, He walks the
- [Stephen Murray](https://headlit.ie/stephen-murray/) - Stephen Murray is the founder and director of Inspireland Ltd, Ireland’s market leader in the provision of creative writing workshops. He is a three times published and critically acclaimed poet. His first collection, House of Bees chronichled his experiences growing up in foster care, women's shelters and a residential children's home. His work has been
- [Dr Jennifer Murray](https://headlit.ie/dr-jennifer-murray/) - Dr Jenny Murray has been involved in assessing and providing interventions for adults and children with a wide range of needs including social, emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties, autism and learning disabilities. She is currently working within an alternative Educational provision as the CAMHS link psychologist, providing assessments and interventions for young people with
- [Aileen Geraghty](https://headlit.ie/aileen-geraghty/) - Aileen is responsible for providing support to staff and students and contributing to the development of the English curriculum. She acts as an Adviser of Studies and is also a member of the College’s Digital team. She is the Head of English and Digital Education at Dundee University, she specialises in the area of developing English language and literacy practices
- [Mags Treanor](https://headlit.ie/mags-treanor/) - Mags Treanor specialises in online learning, development and training programmes for all levels of corporate management and the FET sector. She is currently Associate Director with Novocure, driving innovative solutions for human-centric learning.
- [Mercy College, Coolock, Dublin 5](https://headlit.ie/mercy-college-coolock-dublin-5/) - I Wish For the green meadows That are all throughout the country I wish for the yearly lakes As they reflect the vibrant houses I wish I stayed as I waved in the backseat, not knowing I was saying goodbye Each time I come back I wish a little more Someday maybe Ill return when
- [Ennistymon Community School, Clare](https://headlit.ie/ennistymon-community-school-clare/) - Otherwhere I’m sure we’re taller in another dimension people say we r small and they don’t want to mention just 16 how was i soposed to know when i see u when i have another life it will be different look at eachotehr knowing how we used to be not knowing who we are now
- [Gaelcolaiste Luimnigh](https://headlit.ie/gaelcolaiste-luimnigh/) - World Song Birds’ voices sing A melody so sweet and calm A light breeze soft and gentle runs through my hair Strolling down this winding country road I am filled with remorse. Guilt. Shame. The nature of this world is oblivious, innocent The true nature of mankind is cruel, cold and dark Greed, deceit, hatred
- [Limerick Educate Together School](https://headlit.ie/limerick-educate-together-school/) - Does it Decide? Does fate decide how events unfold Or do we change fate for our desires Animals of our world lived in harmony for millennia But humans evolved faster than any other This species lives longer than many others Our understanding of others near unmatched We who spread across the world Have used its
- [Colaiste Chraoibh Abhann, Kilcoole, Wicklow](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-chraoibh-abhann-kilcoole-wicklow/) - GLOBAL ISSUES Global issues isn’t just poverty but what made it happened, Global issues isn’t just climate change but what lead to it, Global issues isn’t just war and terrorism but why people do it, Global issues isn’t just diseases but what caused it, Global issues | isn’t just corruption but why people do it,
- [St Kevin's Community College, Dunlavin, JSCP wRAPparound](https://headlit.ie/st-kevins-community-college-dunlavin-jscp-wrapparound/) - School walled in meaningless words forced in no freedom walking in a pit of despair "sit still don't talk" feels like murder in the air the only escape is the end of the day but memories of the walls stick with the feeling of despair. School Halls of whispering burdens weigh, Dragging boredom through
- [St Finian's College, Mullingar, Westmeath](https://headlit.ie/st-finians-college-mullingar-westmeath/) - What is a man? They call themselves men when they don't show loyalty, They call themselves men when they don't care about anyone but themselves. Real men show the world that they would take a blow for someone other than themselves, They show that they would go lengths for the person they love, That they
- [St Patricks Comprehensive School, Shannon, Clare](https://headlit.ie/st-patricks-comprehensive-school-shannon-clare/) - Skin Deep My skin is not good It’s the end of my childhood It’s almost my time to leave this earth But I’ll come back and I’ll be rebirthed I’ll come back as perfect as the air With blue eyes, blonde hair Better voice and small waist Let me tell you, I really can’t wait
- [Carrigaline Community School, Cork](https://headlit.ie/carrigaline-community-school-cork/) - She’d Dance She'd dance like nobody was watching Although she liked to think he was. The kitchen was her grand ballroom; Her partner was a mop. She'd Foxtrot among the pots and pans, She'd Paso Doble to the sink, And as she swept across the floor, Her mind danced, too. She'd think Of how he'd
- [Clifden Community College, Galway](https://headlit.ie/clifden-community-college-galway/) - Spell for the Listening Stars To the stars who listen, to you I am indebted. You who listened to my endless rants, you who listened when no one was willing. To the stars who listen, the stars who glisten this poem I dedicate. The Beach Road I walk the beach road everyday Hoping the
- [Colaiste Eanna, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-eanna-rathfarnham-dublin-16/) - The Mirror I’ve been doing this now for a year and a bit But when I look in the mirror I feel I still look like shit Even though I’ve been told by many that I look great I still feel that I have the same fat face Whenever I’m in that building I never
- [St Joseph's Secondary School, Rochfortbridge](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-secondary-school-rochfortbridge/) - Lasagne The clock has ticked down to dinner-time again I’m alone Cold lasagne on the plate. It’s been the same goddamn lasagne for 2 whole years. Every day, at 6 o’clock. But it’s not just lasagne that I see anymore. There’s a whole world in there – a paradox of feelings, taking me to distant
- [Ashton School, Cork](https://headlit.ie/ashton-school-cork-2/) - Funny It’s funny how you wanted me first, How you reached out to me before I even knew who you were. It’s funny how I thought I’d give you a chance, To get to know the real you. It’s funny how I got to know you ,better than I’ve ever known anyone before. It’s funny
- [Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny](https://headlit.ie/loreto-secondary-school-kilkenny-4/) - The Moon To the Moon and Back That is what I said my love for you was But now I can barely keep track My Heart is only made out of glass And if this love of ours ever fell Only the Moon could ever tell For it watches over us all And for it
- [Tempelogue College, Dublin](https://headlit.ie/tempelogue-college-dublin/) - Vinyl Whose vinyl player is that? I think I know. Its owner is quite sad though. It really is a tale of woe, I watch him frown. I cry hello. He gives his vinyl player a shake, And sobs until the tears make. The only other sound's the break, Of distant waves and birds awake.
- [Tulla Secondary School, Co Clare](https://headlit.ie/tulla-secondary-school-co-clare/) - Acting These empty halls, devoid of color We are here, to make the worker Day by day, these passing hours Boring, unengaging, are we still still ours? Stuck in a tall, uncaring, loop people these days, made to stoop who of you know yourselves? who of you are yourselves? oh but, there stands flashing bright
- [Bandon Grammar](https://headlit.ie/bandon-grammar/) - Hide I hide myself to look normal To feel normal To fit in But it doesn't work My mouth doesn't move the way the others does My brain doesn't make the jokes they do My body doesn't look like their's does Yet I still have love I still have friends I still have my people.
- [St Nathy's College, Roscommon](https://headlit.ie/st-nathys-college-roscommon/) - Sunset Beyond the lake And above the hill A sun sets A picture I take Along the way Blue fades to orange While day turns to night As the trees sway Everyone can see The natural beauty And the joy it brings From deep within me Take Flight In a land where dreams take
- [St Joseph's Patricians, 'The Bish', Galway](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-patricians-the-bish-galway/) - Moonlit Whispers Another restless night, I roam, My bed is like a sleepless throne. Moonlit whispers call out to me, Yet I resist their nocturnal pleas. Eyes heavy, yet mind defiant, In the night's grip, I remain noncompliant. Dawn's arrival, a reluctant scene, As slumber's embrace remains a dream. Do You Picture you, I don't
- [Regina Mundi College](https://headlit.ie/regina-mundi-college/) - Flowering Bud Love blooms like a flower in the spring, A precious gift that makes hearts sing. It knows no boundaries, no bounds, In its presence, true joy is found. Through love's journey, we may stumble, But it's in those moments, we truly humble. For love is patient, love is kind, It mends the broken,
- [St Jarlath's College, Tuam, Co Galway](https://headlit.ie/st-jarlaths-college-tuam-co-galway-4/) - Games Imagination is the father of joy, And joy is conceived in games. From learning lore to bloody gore, The digital world is our oyster. Gaming is a way of life, which some cannot understand But joy and gaming always go hand in hand. From thrillers to killers, the open world to weapons hurled at
- [St Joseph's Secondary School, Spanish Point](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-secondary-school-spanish-point-2/) - Clouds Clouds are most beautiful when they're about to disappear the sun makes them blush for a moment and they realize they're there then the navy creeps in and you're left grasping at the feeling like scratching the night's map I sit and think I lie and think I wonder why I have to be
- [St Patrick's College, Cavan](https://headlit.ie/st-patricks-college-cavan/) - The Deep Dark In shadows deep, where troubles play their part, Life burys you upon the heavy heart. A simple tune, a heartwarming song Yet within despair, where resilience or failure grows strong. In the windy storm, is always a glimmer of light, Hope emerges, banishing the dark night. Through trials faced, a resilient soul,
- [Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, Galway](https://headlit.ie/holy-rosary-college-mountbellew-galway/) - Unspoken I hold my mothers hand innocently afloat, Her gentle whispers flooding my brain. An entity of feelings within a peaceful boat, An abridged story held by life’s chain. Mother teachings beckon at my ear Blooming flower won’t always reach a smile. But why won’t my crayon change how they appear, Don’t grey skies become
- [St Mary's College, Arklow, Wicklow](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-college-arklow-wicklow/) - Fading world A figure stands alone on the edge of the world. a heavy weight slowly compressing her. The air as cold as death. so quiet her own breath echoed as a soft wind blows, shrouded by the black light of an eclipse, its golden rings still flaring the red eye of sun. The ground
- [Abbey  Community College, Boyle, Roscommon](https://headlit.ie/abbey-community-college-boyle-roscommon/) - Shards We are like glass, we’re not dangerous until we’re broken We don’t fight for revenge, we fight for our future A smile can hide so much pain Just because I carry it well doesn’t mean it’s heavy It’s not darkness in my heart, just emptiness waiting for the sun. Dead Insects When i
- [St Joseph's Community College, Charlestown, Mayo](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-community-college-charlestown-mayo-2/) - Sheep Everyone acts the same, They say they’re fine and just walk away, Deep down they hide who they want to be, They wash away their feelings for someone to see, They go around, day and night, Balling up their feelings so extremely tight When really we just want to see, The bright bubbly person
- [Lough Allen College, Drumkeeran](https://headlit.ie/lough-allen-college-drumkeeran/) - Sometimes I hate my friends, The same ones that I laugh with online and I hang out with all the time. Can be hurtful with their words. Of course I dont show And they’ll probably never know Their racist jokes that they say Really dont help me in anyway. Although I do love them, I
- [Scoil Mhuire, Carrick on Suir, Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/scoil-mhuire-carrick-on-suir-tipperary/) - Rising Light As long as the sun still rises and the moon still glows I will always remember that I once knew you As long as bees still hum and flowers still bloom I will always remember that i once knew you I will always know the wind still gently kisses your cheek while I'll
- [St Benildus College, Dublin](https://headlit.ie/st-benildus-college-dublin-2/) - Mask A mask to take , A persona ,unveiled, A shadow, Of a former face , Of once one self , A different sight, Of a world Trodden, A vulnerability , Token to heart, A shadow of doubt , Throw away , A former self , Of hidden self. Six Grains Six grains of
- [St Coleman's College, Claremorris, Mayo](https://headlit.ie/st-colemans-college-claremorris-mayo/) - In Fields of Thought We plant the seeds of change, Where knowledge grows, and wisdom learns to range, through discipline and focus we cultivate the land, and train our minds to understand. Train your mind. Growing up Growing up lots of friends I did make Lots of risks and rules I had to break
- [St Peters Community School, Passage West](https://headlit.ie/st-peters-community-school-passage-west-2/) - Ghostly Lantern Out my window, I see the moon, A ghostly lantern hung by the stars Lighting our nights as if they were day, Lighting the way, lighting the way. The child in Gaza, in Syria, in Ukraine Sees a ghostly ship, tossed on the waves Of the sea of war and horrors and death,
- [O'Carolan College, Nobber, Meath](https://headlit.ie/27155-2/) - The Cycle The spinning globe, To which I give this Ode Days pass by nights Like birds taking their flights Lives go on, like a full powered locomotive It goes so fast, we don't even notice New life being born While some don't get to see the next morn' The Cycle that will never stop
- [Christian Brothers College, Cork](https://headlit.ie/christian-brothers-college-cork/) - Our Road Suddenly walking, a winding road ahead. Our feet can’t stop, they won’t stop And they lead us along this path, an involuntary Trial that we must endure. We embrace it, some less than others, Taking it by the hand and and letting it lead us To places that we don’t yet know but
- [St Munchins College, Limerick](https://headlit.ie/st-munchins-college-limerick/) - The Mill Road Estate From the rows of houses to the Mill Road estates everything looks the same when your living in Limerick it can get dangerous if you dont know where you are so keep away from the deserted paths and the abandoned places. Weird What does it mean to be weird? To have
- [St Geralds DLS, Castlebar, Mayo](https://headlit.ie/st-geralds-dls-castlebar-mayo/) - Brother From school to friends my life can be a misery, But when I’m at home I get treated differently. My autistic brother, with a shine in his eye, If far better than any fake friends who would walk over my grave if I was to die. There is no one quiet like my brother,
- [CBS Nenagh](https://headlit.ie/cbs-nenagh/) - Troubled life from the trees to the grass from the flowers to the weeds the bees that brows the grass to find there flower to harvest the nature is wild so don't take it for granted because one day you could be living in it we all make mistakes and you might not find a
- [St Mary's Secondary School, Newport, Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-secondary-school-newport-tipperary/) - Blurred Tears I come form city streets and far away farms with dogs and cats and Geese I come from narcissism and racism and hard pulling hair and bruised wrists I come for burning caravans and religious school and Sunday church mass I come form alcoholics and and drug addicts and shots vodka without the
- [St Mary's Secondary School, Nenagh, Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-secondary-school-nenagh-tipperary-2/) - Teenage Spellcraft Common Intrests Similar humor Hopes and dreams Internet consumer Fun and cheery Cant see clearly Repeating signs Dark and weary Cycling words Abuse and oppressed Bite my tounge Anger, unrest Voice an opinion No hope for dominion Try to detach an un winding match. The beach The beach is a magical place especially
- [Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh](https://headlit.ie/gaelcholaiste-luimnigh-2/) - Art by Lynn MacPherson https://jamartprints.com/artist/lynn-macpherson/ A Silence Like Screaming There lay a silence like screaming, As all in the world lay grieving, Of the golden days of yore, That had come and gone before. There lay a silence like screaming, As all the people of the land lay weeping, Of families that were slain,
- [St. Joseph’s Community College](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-community-college/) - Art by Claudine O'Sullivan https://jamartprints.com/artist/claudine-osullivan/ Growing Up I watch and learn To become a better learner Weather it's football or anything else All I do is try to make sense In life, in general To visit the capital Of dreams, hopes, thoughts and screams That no one hears But to shift through life on
- [St Ciaran's Community School, Kells, Meath](https://headlit.ie/st-ciarans-community-school-kells-meath/) - Art by Gary Reddin https://jamartprints.com/artist/gary-reddin/ Something new And seeing waves of passion rise My whirlpool eyes caught in her tides I found, that I could not, remember I could not recall years gone by, I couldn't say I yearned to die It all, was gone, like an ember And in the sun my shadow cried,
- [Firhouse Educate Together](https://headlit.ie/firhouse-educate-together/) - Art by Lynn MacPherson https://jamartprints.com/artist/lynn-macpherson/ Goldie This is my poem about Goldie. She is an oldie. Goldie is my number one. She has silky golden scales, shining in the summer sun. In the tiny bowl she swims all day. She never gets out to play. She sometimes gets stinky until I clean. I wash
- [Cross & Passion Kilcullen](https://headlit.ie/cross-passion-kilcullen/) - Art by Claudine O'Sullivan https://jamartprints.com/artist/claudine-osullivan/ Sing Aloud The eye of my mind, a world called creative Layers of colour and shapes but yet evasive A lion in a cage, a mouth zipped shut A voice that is silenced, colours bleeding from a cut. Escapism into the corners of my thoughts The cage over my
- [St Joseph's College, Borrisoleigh, Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-college-borrisoleigh-tipperary/) - Blue Light The blue light in my face as bright as the moon , blue light in my face forcing me to lie in 'til noon. That blue light in my face feels like my only source of attention, blue light in my face is my brain's overthink breakup prevention. The blue light in my
- [O'Carolan College](https://headlit.ie/ocarolan-college/) - Art by Gary Reddin https://jamartprints.com/artist/gary-reddin/ Constant I am me, I am different, I am conscious of people’s opinions, I stay the same, I be a different person around everyone, Family, friends and strangers, I stay the same, I am me, I am different, Music is the most powerful thing, It changes me, Once the
- [St. Bricin's College](https://headlit.ie/st-bricins-college/) - Art by Pat Byrne https://jamartprints.com/artist/pat-byrne/ Shade The blue of the sky The blue of the sea But any blue so beautiful Like the ones in your eyes. Uncover They tell me I'm a pretty girl, Once I dance and spin and twirl. They tell me I don't have to stress, As long as
- [Coláiste Eoin](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-eoin/) - Art by Lynn MacPherson https://jamartprints.com/artist/lynn-macpherson/ Caged We weep in paralytic dreams In an iron cage of silent screams Tired of searing sunlight beams Too cold to kill your self-esteem Your own respect to fulfil your regime The great escape which didn't work Just clasped the iron bonds tighter In the dreaded nightmare cirque Fully
- [Coláiste Chiaráin Athlone](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-chiarain-athlone/) - Art by Marta Barcikowska https://jamartprints.com/artist/marta-barcikowska/ Fake Love Love is sacred but it can be broken, Love can fill with warmth but disappear with coldness, He can love you and protect you but can hurt you and break you, You can think he's the one but he's just like the other one, You swear he
- [St. Benildus College](https://headlit.ie/st-benildus-college/) - Art by Gabriela Joyce https://jamartprints.com/artist/gabriela-joyce/ same old as the music plays in my head guitars drums basses drown the sorrows of today i wander down the staircase of dreams as i trundle down i hear the screams of my past trying to reach that soft spot in my mind as my gears start to
- [Gormanston College](https://headlit.ie/gormanston-college/) - Art by Christina O'Donovan https://jamartprints.com/artist/christina-odonovan/ Sleep I close my eyes and try to get sleep I flip onto my side and start to count sheep When all the sheep have been counted I have not yet dozed I didn't get any sleep that night and it shows. Stand Out I am a boy
- [St. Mary's Mallow](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-mallow/) - Art by Mark Conlan https://jamartprints.com/artist/mark-conlan/ Disagreements I look at the dress and say It's purple with black stripes You say it's black with purple stripes I see the last-minute change of plan In work exciting and new You see it as draining and a pain. I look at the stars at night and think
- [Coláiste Mhuire Johnstown](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-mhuire-johnstown/) - Art by Mark Conlan https://jamartprints.com/artist/mark-conlan/ Moving On We learn from our mistakes, From the wrong turns we take, From the fake friends we make, And from the times we almost break. Our mistakes help us grow But at the time we didn't know We didn't want our weakness to show At the time we
- [Salerno Secondary School](https://headlit.ie/salerno-secondary-school/) - Art by Lynn MacPherson https://jamartprints.com/artist/lynn-macpherson/ WALKS TO NOWHERE Cold air meets my bones, While my feet trudge along. It's slow- But I have no place to be. I don't know where this will lead me, But that's OK, I've never been too sure in myself anyway. I'm unsure what motivates them, My little walks
- [St Colman's Claremorris](https://headlit.ie/st-colmans-claremorris/) - Art by Mark Conlan https://jamartprints.com/artist/mark-conlan/ into the storm as you cross the white line onto the warfield where you shed blood sweat and tears with the brothers you grew up with, the pride that burst out of your jersey. there's nothing quite as magical as your club. the dispute you have with your rival
- [Glenstal Abbey School](https://headlit.ie/glenstal-abbey-school/) - Art by Lynn MacPherson https://jamartprints.com/artist/lynn-macpherson/ In The Dead (Of Night) A starless night, the white moon shines Like a motionless ghost, in the middle of the night A forest path, by its bright light. Only the bottom of the wood remains dark and noiseless A curious traveller, guided by this path Walked in a
- [St. Patrick's Classical School](https://headlit.ie/st-patricks-cs/) - Art by John Rooney https://jamartprints.com/artist/john-rooney/ Glory Days Again A new era has begun, Colm O'Rourke is the man, He will bring the glorious day back, And our trophies will be stacked, Morris, Walsh, Hickey and Keogan Stephan, Bray, Jones and Tobin These are the players that will pull through O'Rourke’s army it’s up to
- [Rockbrook Park School](https://headlit.ie/rockbrook-park-school/) - Art by Marta Barcikowska https://jamartprints.com/artist/marta-barcikowska/ What Love Gives Love will get you far Love will follow your car to end of the starry night Love can come as a man named Samar Love is a spark that can brighten your dimly-lit sanctuary. Love gets you joy and hardship Love brings you everlasting memories Love
- [St. Peter's Community School, Cork](https://headlit.ie/st-peters-community-school-cork/) - Art by Marta Barcikowska https://jamartprints.com/artist/marta-barcikowska/ Thoughts Running Amok I lie, still kept up by the deafening sound of my thoughts, The whirring of my brain going 90 miles an hour, Trying to silence my mind, I grieve the loss of power, Fighting off the ideals I find myself obsessing over, Waiting for my head
- [Grennan College, Thomastown](https://headlit.ie/grennan-college-thomastown/) - Art by Maxi https://jamartprints.com/artist/maxi/ Each Morning, Every Mourning Getting out of bed to face the day, The third hardest thing each morning Face it hands on, or fall back and let it on you, That decision. Stop thinking about him, The second hardest thing each morning He let me be myself and showed me
- [Newtown School, Waterford](https://headlit.ie/newtown-school-waterford-3/) - Art by Lynn MacPherson https://jamartprints.com/artist/lynn-macpherson/ Withering World See the trees and see the bees beside plastic-making factories All the pollution in the sea is way too much for me See the dying polar bears Because the ice caps are not there When the world gets too much for me I like to sit with
- [Davitt College](https://headlit.ie/davitt-college/) - Art by Maxi https://jamartprints.com/artist/maxi/ Burning The roaring winds move sand Like a fruit ripe and littered with seeds In a blender. The heat being blasted from The treacherous sun which once Gave a nice warmth now gives A scorching heat. I look back at nothing but the same monotony No idea of my progress
- [Scoil Chaitriona, Glasnevin](https://headlit.ie/scoil-chaitriona-glasnevin/) - Art by Mark Conlan https://jamartprints.com/artist/mark-conlan/ Shine The sun is in my eyes It's really irritating The sun is always in my eyes It never really goes away I can name so many times the sun's been in my eyes It gives me bad migraines The sun headache is coming on It's an inevitability now
- [St. Jarlath's College](https://headlit.ie/st-jarlaths-college/) - Art by Claudine O' Sullivan https://jamartprints.com/artist/claudine-osullivan/ True Cost My life is full of ups and downs From the joy of winning football matches And lifting trophies in the most prestigious grounds To feeling so down and out that you feel stuck Surrounded by people encouraging you on And still feeling so lost in life
- [Coláiste Choilm, Tullamore](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-choilm-tullamore/) - Art by Gary Reddin https://jamartprints.com/artist/gary-reddin/ Really Dead When is someone really dead, Is it when they are shot Through the heart? Or when they have an Incurable disease? Or maybe even when they drink A soup of poisonous mushrooms? No, they aren't dead until their Name is forgotten. Pastimes Now that I'm sixteen
- [Coláiste Clavin, Meath](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-clavin-meath/) - Art by Lynn MacPherson https://jamartprints.com/artist/lynn-macpherson/ Reflection A dark night dressed in clouds Hidden amongst them, the full moon's out This type of scenario is rarely seen Especially on All Hallow's Eve. I leave my house to get fresh air 2020's been a messy year The fireworks explode, and birds flee I'm sad imaging how
- [Loreto, Fermoy](https://headlit.ie/loreto-fermoy/) - Art by Lynn MacPherson https://jamartprints.com/artist/lynn-macpherson/ Used Up I am the brown leaf of autumn clinging to the tree On its last breath of life before it leaves I am a picture book with faded colour I’m a show that ran 3 seasons too long We are the battered library books, once fresh and
- [CBS Ennistymon](https://headlit.ie/cbs-ennistymon/) - Art by Mark Conlan https://jamartprints.com/artist/mark-conlan/ Match Day This is where the training matters The hours on end spent out in the cold Where the times you felt like quitting Where the times you didn’t quit This is where it all counts Where nothing can be left behind And where you can leave a winner Or
- [Scoil Mhuire, Carrick on Suir](https://headlit.ie/scoil-mhuire-carrick-on-suir/) - Art by Lynn MacPherson https://jamartprints.com/artist/lynn-macpherson/ Snow Washes Clean When nights are cold And Christmas begins to unfold The lights are shining And we are all fine dining Gifts are given And white lies are forgiven Christmas time is truly a blast So, live it up like it's your last. Oxymoron It's an uncontrollable
- [Ashton School, Cork](https://headlit.ie/ashton-school-cork/) - Art by Gabriela Joyce https://jamartprints.com/artist/gabriela-joyce/ Picturing You I’m painting a picture inside my head of your hands wrapping around my waist, like overgrown flowers on a gate, your soft eyes looking down at me, lighting my world as the sun had before, the sound of your voice like music to my ears, your shirt
- [St. Mary's College, Arklow](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-college-arklow-2/) - Art by Sketchy Inc https://jamartprints.com/artist/shane-oconnor-sketchy-inc/ Blonde I have a blonde friend She is pretend. Our friendship must end So I must spend Time alone Sad to the bone Now I am on my own And I am changing my tone. I’ll miss my blonde friend. Even though she is pretend. Our friendship will never
- [Christian Brother's Cork](https://headlit.ie/christian-brothers-cork-2/) - Art by Pat Byrne https://jamartprints.com/artist/pat-byrne/ The Lighthouse I'm from the country by the sea, But I go to school in CBC, It's a long journey home, Lots of time to engage the dome, There's a lighthouse at a distance out at sea, Illuminating the coast just for me, The wind is rough my mind
- [St Angela's College, Cork](https://headlit.ie/st-angelas-college-cork-3/) - Art by Christina O'Donovan https://jamartprints.com/artist/christina-odonovan/ A Truth About You think about this, you have the ability to survive anything that is why, despite all the storms made of pain and loss, despite all the chaos, all the hate that you have had to endure, you're still here and you are still going strong.
- [St. Munchin's College](https://headlit.ie/st-munchins-college/) - Art by Claudine O'Sullivan: https://jamartprints.com/artist/claudine-osullivan/ School and War Moving through life is a battle, Every corner you turn a battle commences, From schools and exams to the point of graduation. Multiple battles fought throughout the school duration. After school the real battle begins Laughter and joy, Work and patience beginning the new life Is the
- [Crescent Comprehensive College, Limerick](https://headlit.ie/crescent-comprehensive-college-limerick/) - https://jamartprints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/happily-ever-after-wedding-jamartprints-marta-barcikowska-love-sky.jpg What it is Stuffy collars and oversized jumpers Nights wasted revising numbers Anxiety like pins, dread like drowning The pressure of my peers with their senseless howling I have to do good, I have to study all night Or else my future shall be stripped of light But now I feel nothing but
- [Borrisokane Community College, Tipperary](https://headlit.ie/borrisokane-community-college-tipperary-2/) - Art by Claudine O’Sullivan: https://jamartprints.com/artist/claudine-osullivan/ Bloom It is okay to bloom on your own, Enjoy happiness on your own, You only have you, Experience your own happiness while trying to survive. Time on Earth Everyday spent fighting Fighting to spend my time wisely Trying not to waste time But at the same time Trying to
- [Mercy College Coolock, Co.Dublin.](https://headlit.ie/mercy-college-coolock-co-dublin-3/) - Art by Christina O' Donovan: https://jamartprints.com/product-category/christina-odonovan/ Not The Same To be different Not the same as others Individual, unique, peculiar Those are just some words for different I hope i can make a difference, In this world full of resistance This Is Me I am sixteen and shy and creative. I am the kid that
- [Ardscoil Mhuire, Limerick.](https://headlit.ie/ardscoil-mhuire-limerick/) - Art by Barry Quinn: https://jamartprints.com/artist/barry-quinn/ Reflection Past the violence, worry and no choices Past the sleepless nights and silent screams Far after the exhaustion and helpless witness Long after the insanity with aggressive delusions I live in happily with the loved ones that travelled There is no one good solution, not one to choose There
- [St. Declan's College, Dublin.](https://headlit.ie/st-declans-college-dublin/) - Art by Rob Stears : https://jamartprints.com/product-category/rob-stears-prints/ The Classroom In a classroom I sit With Siberian hands And Baltic winds Blow in arctic strands. A crinkled coat To block out the frost And bouncing rubbers That've just been tossed. And the classroom echoes With muffled chat As rowdy teen boys Chew the fat. I fill my
- [Christ King Girls Secondary School, Cork](https://headlit.ie/christ-king-girls-secondary-school-cork/) - Art by Pat Byrne: https://jamartprints.com/product-tag/pat-byrne/ Invisibility Invisibility is not a superpower The silence that follows shushed stutters Eyes diverting your own, cut deep Deeper than the thorn pricks piercing you from behind Coarser than the sharp-tongued taunts Invisibility is not a superpower Moments merged and blurred to non existence I can't help but hold tight
- [Mountrath Community School, Laois.](https://headlit.ie/mountrath-community-school-laois/) - Art by Christina O' Donovan: https://jamartprints.com/product-category/christina-odonovan/ Trepidation Trepidation behind the façade Of smile lines and sound minds, Beneath the shiny surface, And fast pace is a feeling Of trepidation's great wave, Something i could never quite shake, A certain uncertainty ripped from my hands, And a constant wondering of 'if i can', Nothing gets done
- [St. Brendan's Community School, Birr.](https://headlit.ie/st-brendans-community-school-birr/) - Art by Rob Stears: https://jamartprints.com/product-tag/rob-stears/ Cursed Bed He gives his friend a shake, And screams I've made a bad mistake. The only other sound's the break, Of distant waves and birds awake. The friend is romantic, green and deep, But he has promises to keep, Tormented with nightmares he never sleeps. Revenge is a promise
- [Killorglin Community College, Killorglin.](https://headlit.ie/killorglin-community-college-killorglin/) - Art by Pat Byrne: https://jamartprints.com/?product_cat=pat-byrne Safe This is where I cry my tears Listen to music safe from my fears This is where I play my guitar Sing my songs think of life so far This is where there is a list on a page That i would like by a certain age This is
- [St. Mary's Secondary School, Nenagh.](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-secondary-school-nenagh/) - Art by Lena Hnatiuk: https://jamartprints.com/product-category/lena-hnatiuk/ The Sea I wake up and dream of the sea, And all of the things i could be. The second I see the blue surf, All my worries are washed away. But I know I can't stay there, Because I need to get back to reality, And the second I
- [St. Angela's Ursuline, Waterford.](https://headlit.ie/st-angelas-ursuline-waterford-2/) - Art By Jacob Stack: https://jamartprints.com/product-category/jacob-stack/ Light Light shines through a window, Illuminating my sorrow, The moon, in her star lullaby, stares at me coldly. I want to cry but I can't, My lips curling up in despair, This is the end, of a day, And tomorrow, I wake up again With the memory gone, a
- [Moyle Park College, Clondalkin.](https://headlit.ie/moyle-park-college-clondalkin/) - Art by Gary Reddin: https://jamartprints.com/artist/gary-reddin/ Architects Of Fate All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low; Each thing in its place is best; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the
- [Breifne College, Co.Cavan.](https://headlit.ie/breifne-college-co-cavan/) - Art by Ruth Keating: https://jamartprints.com/artist/ruth-keating/ Sensory Brain of an autistic It's like a crowd in a town To and froing Then it becomes Overcrowded disorientating A wave of overwhelming busyness But your lost among judgmental stares Then settle in tranquility And clear mindset While crowds are your thoughts. Rot Flowers grow over a rot called
- [St. Gerald's College, Castlebar.](https://headlit.ie/st-geralds-college-castlebar/) - Art by Pat Byrne: https://jamartprints.com/product-category/pat-byrne/ Mirror In the mirror, the man I see A happy lad, free as can be Chained by one's own self perception Seeing flaws yet speaking perfection. I show my best, not my impurities A manly cloak cast o'er my insecurities. Though when I witness others success I compare myself and
- [St Mary's Secondary School, Newport.](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-secondary-school-newport/) - Art by Shane Gavin: https://jamartprints.com/product-category/shane-gavin/ I Heard of a Night I have heard of a night, That was filled with such a beautiful sight It was a place where everything was nothing, And there, everyone felt like something It was a place where everyone is calm. Yet, I'm still stuck waiting in lines, That stretch
- [Patrician High School, Carrickmacross.](https://headlit.ie/patrician-high-school-carrickmacross/) - Art By Christina O'Donovan: https://jamartprints.com/?product_cat=christina-odonovan Acceptance No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish, The struggle of the land of the free. No Jews, No Gypsies, No Disabled, The struggle of the Third Reich. No Women, No Gays, No Bastards, The struggle of the 20th century. No blasphemers, no single mothers, no atheists, The struggle against the
- [St Joseph's C.B.S, Nenagh.](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-c-b-s-nenagh/) - Art by Jessica Rooney Deane: https://jamartprints.com/artist/jessica-rooney-deane/ Road To Sanctuary A blackened shell pierces the ground, People fleeing, away from the sound; Soil and residents both are thrust from the earth; Taken as easily through death as they were birth. Feet bloody, tears in their eyes, They hold their heads high, and curse the skies. Belongings
- [Mean Scoil Nua an Leith Triuigh, Castlegregory.](https://headlit.ie/mean-scoil-nua-an-leith-triuigh-castlegregory-2/) - Art By Lynn MacPherson: https://jamartprints.com/artist/lynn-macpherson/ Sleep Sleep is the opposite of my alarm clock. Sleep can't be scheduled to happen at a certain time. Sleep doesn't have an optimistic tune, But instead a bellowing silence that sends me spiraling. A staircase descending into the part of my brain That I usually refuse to even acknowledge.
- [Ardgillan Community College, Co. Dublin.](https://headlit.ie/ardgillan-community-college-co-dublin/) - Art by Pat Byrne https://jamartprints.com/artist/pat-byrne/ Safe and Sound I reminisce on what I've said, Before dropping my head and heading to bed. I lay and dream safe and sound, Knowing tomorrow is to bed bound. Cherry blossoms falling on a Sunday morning, Lighting crashing and thunder pouring. Feeling good about feeling good, When I'm with
- [Colaiste Cois Siuire, Co Kilkenny.](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-cois-siuire-co-kilkenny/) - Artwork by Barry Quinn https://jamartprints.com/artist/barry-quinn/ Fields Of War In the fields of war where guns fire and men fall The final soldier will be the one standing tall And will go down as the one who saved them all Until he is caught and left to rot behind a cell wall. Waves The bright blue
- [Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh](https://headlit.ie/gaelcholaiste-luimnigh/) - Art by Jacob Stack https://jamartprints.com/artist/jacob-stack/ If Only If only you knew How scared I was to tell you So much so I couldn't be true True to myself and true to you. It took my sleep, I couldn't eat. It ate my thoughts , life felt so deep. Why did I have to be like
- [St. Finian's College, Mullingar](https://headlit.ie/st-finians-college-mullingar/) - Art by Christina O' Donovan https://jamartprints.com/artist/christina-odonovan/ Disrepair The life we live is all in despair , Hearts of the broken in disrepair, Tunes of the sorrowful are hums of new flair, Those who think never have affairs, Who block others goals and dreams , Their life will drive forward as if on a clock, Taint
- [Scoil Mhuire , Ennistymon.](https://headlit.ie/scoil-mhuire-ennistymon/) - Artwork by Pat Byrne https://jamartprints.com/artist/pat-byrne/ Beautiful Beautiful as her She was so beautiful She has always been With her beautiful blue eyes And her soft blonde hair Everyone wanted to be her Everyone wanted to lover her And it was always her And i have always wondered What would feel like To grow up that
- [Jesus & Mary Secondary School, Gortnor Abbey , Co. Mayo](https://headlit.ie/jesus-mary-secondary-school-gortnor-abbey-co-mayo/) - Art by Christina O' Donovan https://jamartprints.com/artist/christina-odonovan/ You and Me There's not a lot to do in the country side I'm from a place of grass and sea There's never much going on Except from the friendships of you and me Along the backroads through the fields Lies the place of quiet peace Summer nights and
- [Colaiste Craobh Abhann, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow.](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-craobh-abhann-kilcoole-co-wicklow/) - Artwork by Jacky Sheridan : https://jamartprints.com/artist/jacky-sheridan/ Regrets Most people have regrets, And I'm no different. Everyone make decisions They wish to take back Yet I feel as if I regret my very existence. I wish I could undo everything I've done Every" I love you" spoken And every "it's not your fault" Drags me into
- [Summerhill College, Sligo](https://headlit.ie/summerhill-college-sligo/) - Art by Rob Stears https://jamartprints.com/artist/rob-stears/ Rundown Town In the south of a country A small rundown town A young man lives Constant with a frown A house full of sorrow Drug use and abuse He woke up one morning Dad in a noose He rings for his aunty Who lives in the city She
- [St Colman's College, Claremorris, Co. Mayo.](https://headlit.ie/st-colmans-college-claremorris-co-mayo/) - Art by Pat Byrne https://jamartprints.com/artist/pat-byrne/ Standards Happiness, what is it, People these days don't know. The pressures we are put under, freedom to wonder is a no. Be the biggest, the strongest, the smartest the best, Everything is always a constant test. But these are the standards we set our men, Yet picking up a
- [Colaiste Dun an Ri, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan.](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-dun-ri-kingscourt-co-cavan/) - Art by Solas Street Art https://jamartprints.com/artist/solus-street-art/ Puppet Time is bleeding from my hands, soon I'll leave these tainted lands. But did I leave it in a better place, Or was my life a waste of space The questions I ask to myself each day, Are always left to rot and decay. And fester into demons
- [Moyle Park College, Dublin.](https://headlit.ie/moyle-park-college-dublin/) - Starting The Day I like to start a day with a spoonful, Take the day with pinch of salt, But sometimes that salt can be sour, And you got to move on, Turn a deep frown upside down, Or so they say, You speak and then you weak, So they say, But that's not true,
- [Bremore Educate Together, Balbriggan.](https://headlit.ie/bremore-educate-together-balbriggan/) - Art by: Lena Hnatiuk ( Ukranian Artists) https://jamartprints.com/artist/lena-hnatiuk/ Amator Meus Only twelve small seeds of the purest fruit, What could it hurt? To decline such a gift Would be to disrespect his divinity As he stood before me So therefore it would be only right to take them from his palm Delicate and small yet
- [Kinsale Community School, Co.Cork.](https://headlit.ie/kinsale-community-school-co-cork/) - Art by: Lena Hnatiuk ( Ukranian Artists) https://jamartprints.com/artist/lena-hnatiuk/ The Meaning I simply can't describe you. You are my breath in the morning. My warmth in the evening. And my shade in the summer. You are the missing piece of the puzzle Found stuffed between the cushions. The answer to a question Asked many years ago.
- [Colaiste de Lacy, Ashbourne, Co. Meath.](https://headlit.ie/colaiste-de-lacy-ashbourne-co-meath-2/) - Art by Rob Stears https://jamartprints.com/artist/rob-stears/ Confined The red chairs: I sit here and ponder On my red chair My mind can only sunder My thoughts cannot flare I stay afloat In a glass jar Nothing comes from my throat My mind not here, but afar I am confined With the comfort of my intellect The
- [Scoil Mhuire, Greenhill, Carrick On Suir.](https://headlit.ie/scoil-mhuire-greenhill-carrick-on-suir/) - Art by Solus Street Art https://jamartprints.com/artist/solus-street-art/ A New Height As if your strapped to The very top of the Eiffel Tower Nowhere to go but down Down into the neck breaking, Gut wrenching depths of failure Desperately searching for a way around A set of wings or a magical staircase Instead you crawl Crawl until
- [Poems Of The Month February 2022](https://headlit.ie/poems-of-the-month-february-2022/) - Art By Barry Quinn https://jamartprints.com/artist/barry-quinn/ Lucan Community College The Player The string buzzes along the frets A note rings true as plenty do too A blue ballad formed from scales unbalanced Bent notes scream in kind of the player The shuffling rhythm steady in its swing Thrilling notes thrill the crowds The burning tubes project
- [Mercy College, Sligo.](https://headlit.ie/mercy-college-sligo/) - Photographs They say time heals a broken heart But I don't think that's true Because it's been ten months since you left me And I can't get over you And I'm looking at you in photographs But I can't feel the same Because the way you made me feel Cant be captured within a frame
- [Glenstal Abbey School, Co. Limerick.](https://headlit.ie/glenstal-abbey-school-co-limerick/) - Wasted Youth When is the age of me When are the golden years When are we free When do we stop and smell the roses Where are they The road is covered in dirt The garden with thorns Roses are red but the only red I see is the blood from looking for too long.
- [Loreto College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin.](https://headlit.ie/loreto-college-st-stephens-green-dublin-2/) - Broken World A tank drove over a car, Like it was a pebble on the road. And people gather underground, They listen to screams and thuds above. Last week they could go for a walk, Laugh, dance, work, live. But now they huddle together and gaze at the faces If those they love wondering if
- [Scoil Mhuire agus Padraig, Swinford, Co. Mayo.](https://headlit.ie/scoil-mhuire-agus-padraig-swinford-co-mayo/) - Reflection Green eyes looking at mine Innocent but so guilty Act as though You'd never hurt me Bet you didn't realise I scarred so easily And now here I am Broken completely Destroyed by the fact It's my reflection Lifeless Eyes You are an expert at sorry, And keeping lines blurry Never impressed by me
- [Lucan Community College, Dublin.](https://headlit.ie/lucan-community-college-dublin-2/) - Poetry Poetry doesn't have to rhyme, Have a beat or stick to time, Because poetry can change Depending on the line Poetry is imagination, Pure emotion and heart Poetry doesn't have to rhyme Like i said from the start A poem does not need, To be explained re-arranged or torn apart, If the poet is
- [Bandon Grammar School, Co. Cork.](https://headlit.ie/bandon-grammar-school-co-cork-4/) - Silence An empty room full of talking people, A song only u can hear, Too scared to sing Following eyes in your mind, Echoed scrutiny of voices No longer there, Stumbling on words So silence is the better option, In the end.. Can't fall if you never fly, Can't fail if you never try. The
- [St. Peter's Community School, Passage West.](https://headlit.ie/st-peters-community-school-passage-west/) - Warrior I'm a warrior Bright and brave About to face a foe That is night from day I've trained for years Shedding blood and tears But to no avail I've tried and bailed I've failed, died And can't tell the tale I'm a warrior Who's name is Lost in time I've died, in my prime
- [Dunshaughlin Community College, Co. Meath.](https://headlit.ie/dunshaughlin-community-college-co-meath/) - That Day That day was just around the corner, Little by little, the most awaited moment Of the month was approaching. The moment for which he had been preparing Wakes up and opens the closet, Starts to think about what to wear, You must wear your best gala clothes, oh, no!! Better refrain insecurity makes
- [Cork Educate Together Secondary School.](https://headlit.ie/cork-educate-together-secondary-school/) - Art by Christina O' Donovan: https://jamartprints.com/?product_cat=christina-odonovan Eternal When I die Take my hand Put your favorite flower in it. Close my hand tightly Into a fist and lay it on my heart, Before you put me in my coffin. So that I can hold you forever and Feel you in my heart and experience Eternal
- [Dominican College, Taylor's Hill, Galway.](https://headlit.ie/dominican-college-taylors-hill-galway-2/) - Art by Pat Byrne: https://jamartprints.com/?product_cat=pat-byrne Invisible Wings Weightless under the heavy strain Of stagnant pools of nothing Like a fire without light, Licking and swirling uselessly A car without wheels, Lying dormant and wasting away Under twinkling lights Flaming spheres of heat, Distant and hopeless Perpetual and piffling under the pitter patter Of infinitesimal droplets
- [Scoil Chaithriona , Glasnevin, Dublin.](https://headlit.ie/scoil-chaithriona-glasnevin-dublin/) - Love Love can be sad. Love can be bad. Hurtful. A bad kind of love can be good. It can make you realise You deserve better and more. Love can be great Warm and wonderful. But then what What happens when it stops You're alone and that person is gone. They took love with them.
- [St. Mary's Secondary School, Mallow.](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-secondary-school-mallow/) - Art by Tara O' Brien https://jamartprints.com/artist/tara-obrien/ Haven From the restless nights to the silent days, When loud mouths chatter, And the hope for silence is lost. Choice fades away, forced to witness it all. Every movement is like a thunder clap, Fear fills your lungs as you wait. Waiting for the relief of safety, Relief
- [St. Joeseph's Mercy Secondary School , Navan.](https://headlit.ie/st-joesephs-mercy-secondary-school-navan/) - You Are Not Mine I love you yet you are not mine You are everything I see, everywhere I go, each thing I feel But the universe provides us with no time Love, like the fleeting touch of a raindrop as it falls from the sky Stays not for long yet it is forever remembered
- [Dunmore Community School, Co. Galway.](https://headlit.ie/dunmore-community-school-co-galway/) - Art by Ruth Keating: https://jamartprints.com/artist/ruth-keating/ Him Came into my life like a bullet Fast, hurting me and killing me slowly As i poured my heart and soul out. But i did what i could to stay alive I fought over and over again As i lay there in pain. I liked the feeling of the
- [Presentation Secondary School, KIlkenny.](https://headlit.ie/23269-2/) - If You If you were a blade of grass I would explore the earth for you. If you were a tree I would seek out every leaf until I found you. If you were a flame I would fly to the sun for you. If you were a drop of water I would scour the
- [Clifden Community School, Co. Galway.](https://headlit.ie/clifden-community-school-co-galway/) - Art By John Rooney: https://jamartprints.com/artist/john-rooney/ Best Friend Oh what joy it is To have a best friend like you For always giving me strength The way you do For lifting me higher up When I am feeling down And putting a smile on my face When I am wearing a frown Thank you for being
- [Scoil Mhuire, Clane, Co.Kildare.](https://headlit.ie/scoil-mhuire-clane-co-kildare-2/) - Artwork by Jacky Sheridan: https://jamartprints.com/artist/jacky-sheridan/ Moon A sliver of moonlight, beaming through the window. The moon She smiles She smiles for me only. The moon She's mine Through the darkest times, she lights the way A beacon of hope, in times so desperate Bright moonlight, upon a tranquil lake. Not a sign of life, left
- [St. Joseph's Secondary School. Tulla, Co. Clare.](https://headlit.ie/st-josephs-secondary-school-tulla-co-clare-5/) - Addicted To The Pen The writer. An individual who is truly able to see the beauty of the world we live in The mind of the writer is different It sees everything Sees what makes up everything. But the only way to express such beauty is through the words that come flowing out of our
- [Rockbrook Park School, Dublin](https://headlit.ie/rockbrook-park-school-dublin/) - The Fighter Ego The man who fought and had his heart sink Time and time again until it shriveled and shrinked The man who was always regarded as a sinner Soon felt stronger than the world like a true winner But this made his confidence grow so big and powerful He felt like the world
- [St. Mary's College, Arklow, Co. Wicklow.](https://headlit.ie/st-marys-college-arklow-co-wicklow-4/) - To My Most Dearest Love To my most dearest love. Do not feel the burden of sorrow For i do not exist further more Do not loose thyself by drowning in the sea of grief For i am gone Do not stare into the abyss torturing thyself with questions that do not contain answers For
- [Presentation College, Tuam, Co.Galway.](https://headlit.ie/23229-2/) - Art by Barry Quinn: https://jamartprints.com/?product_cat=barry-quinn Pain Pain is like the rain It comes and goes Like the wind blows It comes in waves Some stronger than others, But unlike others we fight it We look to stay positive Even if it's impossible We get past, We last, We live another Day, To have fun and
- [Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny.](https://headlit.ie/loreto-secondary-school-kilkenny-3/) - How Could They Forget The church forbid anyone from ever saying "the G word" Yet whenever i leave the grounds all i hear is "That's so " People talking about horrible things that they dislike And say it's " I don't think they understand They don't understand the fighting that's been going on The years
- [Anastasia Pappas](https://headlit.ie/anastasia-pappas-2-2/) - Creative strategist and copywriter with over two decades of experience across MTV (during its cultural peak) HBO, VH-1, Nickelodeon, and Sesame Street. She has written copy for high-profile talent including Leonardo DiCaprio, Beyonce and Samuel Jackson. She co-produced, packaged and directed Eddie Izzard's stand up special, Circle. At Inspireland she helped develop the website and
- [Ailen Geraghty](https://headlit.ie/luke-doyle/) - Aileen is responsible for providing support to staff and students and contributing to the development of the English curriculum. She acts as an Adviser of Studies and is also a member of the College’s Digital team. She is the Head of English and Digital Education at Dundee University, she specialises in the area of developing English language and literacy practices
- [Dr Jenny Murray](https://headlit.ie/tilly-morris/) - Dr Jenny Murray has been involved in assessing and providing interventions for adults and children with a wide range of needs including social, emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties, autism and learning disabilities. She is currently working within an alternative Educational provision as the CAMHS link psychologist, providing assessments and interventions for young people with
- [Iobhar Stokes](https://headlit.ie/iobhar-stokes/) - Iobhar is an animator and artist. A graduate of the National Film School, IADT, he loves nothing more than telling stories through art- art that puts a smile on someone else's face. Iobhar will be teaching filmmaking through paper cut out animation, and claymation. He will teach students how to design, draw characters, and then
- [Annie Laing](https://headlit.ie/annie-laing/) - Annie graduated with a BA Honours in Art in IADT. She specialises in watercolour painting, but also works in acrylic, screen print, performance, and photography. As well as art, Annie is a keen player of games, and is very excited to translate them into a virtual format to make sure every online lesson is as
- [We Are Here](https://headlit.ie/we-are-here/) - We will write for ourselves and for each other, for those we love, for those we miss. We will say the things we never said, but wished we had. We will laugh and we will cry. We will share our stories, our hopes, our fears and our dreams. We will sing for each other from
- [The Last Forest](https://headlit.ie/the-last-forest/) - Our world has turned ghostly Boulevard echoes Recent chats and smiles The noise of our lives. Days transformed into distant existence Solitude and wine Spring mountain view. Someone smiled today A tilt towards comfort I think she recognised an accent I recognised her kindness. I’ve always dreamt of a romantic apocalypse Just
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