Wombwell Rainbow Interviews: Robin McNamara

-Robin McNamara

is an Irish poet. Under a Mind’s Staircase his debut chapbook was published in 2021 with Hedgehog Poetry Press. 

The Interview

1.When and why did you start writing poetry?

Originally I started writing poetry in my 20s around 1995, at a time I was exploring my creative side whilst living in Dublin with my Journalism, Graphic Design/Advertising, Law & But Studies journeys. I stopped completely in 1999, started again around 2015. The first phase of writing was as I mentioned was part of my creative self discovery & reaching out for whether creative path I was supposed to be on. Phase two re-emerged in ‘15 and led to the decision to commit fully to poetry in 2020, because it had become a therapeutic thing and a reawakening of what I was supposed to have been doing for years.

2.Who introduced you to poetry?

My mind.

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