Illuminations - Open Mic Poetry, Sligo

02/06/2026

"Capricorn full moon
'shelter object' - n**e in June
in a whispered place"

Join us for Illuminations CXLIX, Thursday, June 4th, 8pm, at The Model, Sligo!

29/04/2026

“Tell me, dear beauty of the dusk,
When purple ribbons bind the hill,
Do dreams your secret wish fulfill,
Do prayers, like kernels from the husk
Come from your lips?”

Join us for Illuminations CXLVIII as part of the Late Night Economy celebrations, Thursday, May 7th, 8pm, at The Model, Sligo.

27/03/2026

"evening struck
in alarm
to the shrill gong of the moon"

Join us for Illuminations CXLVII, Thursday, April 2nd, 8pm at The Model, Sligo!

03/03/2026

"what looks in these eyes
is the nothingness of the universe
my eyes are blind skies"

Join us for Illuminations CXLVI, Thursday 5th of March, 8pm, at The Model Sligo!

30/01/2026

"He stays and I stay.
He is mankind and I am the arts.
We are outlaws."

Join us for Illuminations CXLV, Thursday, February 5th, 8pm at The Model Sligo!

31/12/2025

Happy New Year from Illuminations - Open Mic Poetry! Thank you to everyone who came in to us in 2025! We hope to see you all again in 2026...

We'll be back on Thursday, February 5th, 8pm, at The Model Sligo - looking forward to seeing you then!

In the meantime, here's Patti Smith to keep everyone afloat...

Imelda May picks a poem from Patti Smith as one of her personal highlights from the Later Archive.

28/11/2025

" Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,. And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."

Join us for Illuminations CXLIV, Thursday, December 4th, at The Model, Sligo!

04/11/2025

"No sun — no moon!
No morn — no noon —
No dawn — no dusk — no proper time of day."

Join us for Illuminations CXLIII, Thursday, November 6th, 8pm, at The Model, Sligo!

27/09/2025

"the fields having been
picked clean, the sheaves
bound evenly and piled at the roadside
among cinquefoil, as the toothed moon rises:"

Join us for Illuminations CXLII, Thursday, October 2nd, 8pm, at The Model Sligo!

02/09/2025

Hi everyone, please note the change of date for Illuminations CXLI. We'll be going ahead on Thursday, 11th September, 8pm, at The Model, Sligo.
Hope to see you there!!