THE POETRY BUS

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The Bus began as a weekly online exercise which proved so popular that we just had to turn it into a real magazine!

We choose quality poems that have something to say, and say it well.
Egalitarianism and inclusivity are what we strive for. PB is edited by a woman and a man, one a poet the other a reader.

are to provide a high quality vibrant showcase for new and more established poets and artists alike from across the world.

Email enquiries to, thepoetrybusmag@gmail.com

Submissions for our tenth anniversary issue are now open.
Please click on the submissions button above for details.

Cover Image by ADÁL

PB9 (The Covid Diaries)
Our latest edition showcases thirty-three poets carefully selected from over one thousand worldwide submissions. Here we capture the zeitgeist, and the often harsh reality, of these strange days in a truly eclectic collection of poems.Treat yourself to a copy for €12 including P+P across the globe.

Our latest release is

This is What Happened

A stunning debut poetry and visual art collection by Melissa Diem.

‘This is an electrifying narrative of the ancient drama of ‘relationship’, where Self and Other dance it out again and again. This formally intricate dance of language and breath and stress swings between Florida landscapes dreaming in the heat and Irish skies that threaten and enchant, between the intensely private and the almost terrifying immensities of the cosmos. Something of the loneliness of such cosmic awareness is in the poems too. I’d known Melissa Diem’s wonderful first novel, Changeling, so I was prepared for a powerful experience from her debut poetry collection. And I was right.‘

Paula Meehan.

€19.70 including P+P worldwide

Find out more in this interview by Fran Lock at Culture Matters.

https://www.culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/fiction/item/3364-melissa-diem-what-it-means-to-be-human

and at Melissa's website https://melissadiem.com/