P D Lyons Winner of the 2019 erbacce-prize for poetry
Thank you to the judges and to Erbacce Crew. I am humbled and honored by this. Cheers Alan!
P D Lyons Winner of the 2019 erbacce-prize for poetry
The annual erbacce-prize for poetry is open from January 1st to May 1st every year. It is entirely FREE to enter thus it attracts top quality poets world-wide… in 2019 we had close to eight thousand entries and all were judged ‘blind’. P D Lyons was the outright winner! Below is the book we produced for him… it is sheer quality poetry, the whole book encompasses a simplicity coupled with deep insight; a truly beautiful collection which reveals more each time it is re-opened… (perfect-bound: 112pages)
http://erbacce-press.webeden.co.uk/p-d-lyons/4586525519
Through the generous support of Westmeath County Council a limited edition of 50 numbered and signed copies are available to purchase direct from the poet at €20.00 to include standard postage world wide. Please click on the cover below to order via PayPal
PD Lyons
Born and raised in the USA. Travelling and living abroad since 1998. Now permanently residing in Ireland.
Received The Mattatuck College Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry.
Received Bachelor of Science with honours from Teikyo Post University Connecticut.
Two books of poetry Searches For Magic, and Caribu & Sister Stones: Selected Poems, have been published by Lapwing Press, Belfast. A third book, Myths Of Multiplicity, published by Erbacce press Liverpool as part of the 2014 Erbacce International Annual Prize was officially launched at the Westmeath County Library, Castlepollard Ireland on 9December 2014.
The work of PD Lyons has also appeared in many magazines and e-zine/blogs throughout the world. Including, The SHoP, Books Ireland, Irish American Post, Boyne Berries, Virtual Writer, Slipstream, West 47 Galway Arts. Recently selected to participate in Human Rights Consortium at the School of Advanced Study, University of London publication titled ‘In Protest: 150 Poems for Human Rights’.
Relevant websites:
‘In Protest: 150 Poems for Human Rights’.
In Protest: 150 Poems for Human Rights is an ambitious new publication aiming to bring together the fields of human rights research and literature in an innovative way. Selected from over 600 poems submitted by established and emerging poets, it provides a rare international insight into issues ranging from the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the Hola massacre and indigenous peoples’ rights to the current war in Syria.
Myths of Multiplicity , all profits to benefit Erbacce writers co-op
http://www.erbacce-press.com/#/p-d-lyons/4586525519
Searches For Magic, and Caribu & Sister Stones,
http://www.freewebs.com/lapwingpoetry/
PD Lyons Blog : https://pdlyons.wordpress.com/
