Drax Ireland..
was born in Tyrone in the north of Ireland, where he lives today. Inured to poetry by a psychotic not so Christian Brother he only returned to poetry in the mid 90’s.
Recipient of an award from the Northern Irish Arts Council for a collaboration with textile artist Clare McCarroll. His work has been published in an anthology of Tyrone poets and online via Right Hand Pointing and has been translated into Turkish by Dr. Nesrin Eruysal in Söyleşi Üç Aylık Şiir Dergisi Read online at Issuu, and be sure to visit Soylesi Poetry Magazine and read more about the Conversation International Poetry Project.
In his work themes of struggle, woman and god’s ambivalence dominate. His inspiration is often drawn from a single word or a fleeting image that is skewed in some way, that jumps out unbidden, often unwanted.
