Laois student has poem published

Leaving Certificate student Aisling McEvoy has had her first poem published in the anthology ‘Confessions of a Clockwalker’. 

Aisling, a sixth year student in Mountrath Community School, wrote her poem ‘Ode to Affliction’ during the summer of 2021 while on her holidays in Kerry.

Aisling started writing during transition year in school and has been involved in writing projects ever since. Aisling entered the competition with the Anansi Archive and won first place, resulting in her poem being published in their anthology.

Aisling said she “never imagined that this would be her most successful poem to date. I am so grateful for the opportunity and so excited to see my name on the page in a book.”

Mountrath Community School is looking forward to reading more of Aisling’s work in the years to come.

Aisling’s poem can be read here :  https://www.anansiarchive.co.uk/ode-to-afflication-by- aisling-mcevoy/