Amy A. Barry writes poems and short stories. She is published globally, including Southword, Sunday Tribune, The Blue Nib, Paris Lit Up, The Opiate. Her poems have been translated into many languages including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Persian, French and Italian
A nominee for the Pushcart Prize 2021 Poetry. Recipient of Neruda Award 2017 (Poetry) Italy. Took 1st & 2nd prize in the English Poetry at PAU World Poetry Day in 2017/ 2018. Shortlisted for the Roscommon Poets Prize 2020. Highly Commended (Poetry): SiarSceal International Literary Festival in 2017/2019; Francis Ledwidge Award 2019/2020. Her poem was included in the UCD Pandemic Poetry Archive
Participated in “The Story Writers 2021” supported by local Council
Words Ireland Mentorship 2020/2021. Professional Development Award (Arts Council Of Ireland)
Featured Irish TV Sky 191-Poetry (Westmeath Matters) April 2016
Featured in the RTE Radio One Extra in Reverberations Series 2, Nov.2019
Founder of Global writers. Honorary Member of the Neruda Association, Italy
She has performed her work in Ireland & internationally
There’s no way to say Goodbye
We promised ourselves a trip
On the road like Kerouac
To see everything
close our eyes
and dream with the peeling waves
Cigarette dangling from his lips
he strummed the Spanish guitar
Blazing-eyed
he sang of darkness
revenge, life, death
And his mind scribbled notes
My eyes transfixed
he was a butterfly on a bush
A charming bastard
but complex
confused
Like the sharp, strong afternoon sun
Joy became pain sliding deeper
and deeper into my skin
He slit my happiness
like recurring nightmares
The past sealed like a tomb