Poetry Ireland with the Global Brain Health Institute (Trinity College Dublin) and Neuroscience Ireland is inviting older people across the island of Ireland to write a line of poetry for a Poemathon with Older People.
The contributions will be combined to form a longer poem that captures the thoughts and imaginings of older people right now in society. John Sheahan, one of Ireland s best known musicians and member of The Dubliners, has penned the opening line of the poem: intrepid intruder, stalker of unwashed hands .
John, who is a frequent visitor to Dundalk where he has offspring living, will also be contributing the final line of the poem, which will be curated and edited by poet and editor Seamus Cashman.