Biography
Geraldine O’Kane, originally from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, is a poet, creative writing facilitator, arts administrator, curator and mental health advocate. She is part of Poetry NI, a multimedia platform offering opportunities and resources for poets in Northern Ireland. She recently received an Artist's Career Enhancement Scheme (ACES) award from Arts Council of Northern Ireland. She is working towards her first full collection., and currently works for the John Hewitt Society. Her pamphlet "Quick Succession" is available to purchase via Pen Points Press.
Geraldine is co-host and regular reader at the Purely Poetry open mic nights in Belfast. She has read her work in numerous literary festivals and events both North and South. Geraldine has also curated two multi-platform exhibitions, (Poetic Perspective and Product of Perception) and is editor of Panning for Poems.
Her poetry is mostly inspired by observation, addresses the issues society would prefer not to talk about, and is firmly seeded in the oral tradition of storytelling. She specialises in micropoetry. Her work has been published in anthologies from Community Arts Partnership, The Galway Review, Poethead, Poetry Super Highway, The Incubator, The Lake Poetry Journal, Boston Poetry Magazine and elsewhere.
Geraldine is co-host and regular reader at the Purely Poetry open mic nights in Belfast. She has read her work in numerous literary festivals and events both North and South. Geraldine has also curated two multi-platform exhibitions, (Poetic Perspective and Product of Perception) and is editor of Panning for Poems.
Her poetry is mostly inspired by observation, addresses the issues society would prefer not to talk about, and is firmly seeded in the oral tradition of storytelling. She specialises in micropoetry. Her work has been published in anthologies from Community Arts Partnership, The Galway Review, Poethead, Poetry Super Highway, The Incubator, The Lake Poetry Journal, Boston Poetry Magazine and elsewhere.