Local poet is Bard Out Of His Mind with new creative business launch

The Bard Out Of My Mind launch takes place in the beautiful Wild Flower Café between 2- 5pm on Saturday the 9th of December in the Butler Gallery Kilkenny city. 

The countdown to Christmas is on and a new creative Kilkenny based business has the perfect  home grown gift. Bard Out Of My Mind is a poetry business established by Gareth Hanlon at  the tail end of 2023. It was following a number of critically acclaimed open mic performances  at the Alternative Kilkenny Arts festival in August and the launch of his self-published poetry  book, “Too Bard Out Of My Mind”, that Gareth decided to set up an experiential poetry based  business. 

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One of the first pieces written for this new venture was ‘Cill Chainnaigh’. From its opening  line, ‘Irelands True capital The Marble city I asked?’, to its closing, ‘Visit Smithwick’s brewery  for a few red Ales, Kilkenny Cats laugh, while spinning their tales’. Gareth manages to capture  the charm and attractions of Kilkenny with an easy going light-heartedness and relevance. 

In his own words, “I have created an interesting collection of rhyming wisdom to entertain  near and afar. The nuanced cadence of each poetic flavouring combines observation, wisdom  and layers of understanding to inspire and cultivate new thinking”, Gareth enthuses. I wanted  to write pieces that would be of interest to tourists in relation to their experiences while in  Ireland. 

Bard Out Of My Mind has three distinct poetic stylings. There are poems based on the unique  features of cities in Ireland with a hint of fun added to the mix. There are also regional poems  referencing the wider attractions and experiences of Ireland. Then there is the rather quirky  PoeTea collection. A series of poems based on the inherent benefits of drinking tea. Here,  clever naming of each piece makes for fun and interesting reading, for example, PuriTea,  TranquiliTea, LongeviTea and SereniTea, to name but a few. “I particularly like the decorative 

PoeTea collection and I believe these will become excellent conversation pieces in the various  cafes across Ireland”, Gareth explains. 

“While the poems are interesting for tourists as a keepsake of their visit to Ireland. They also  have an appeal for locals and the extended Irish Diaspora”, says Gareth. The poems will be  available online via www.boomm.ie from January 2024.  

To purchase before Xmas, pop along to the launch in the beautiful Wild Flower Café between  2-5pm on Saturday the 9th of December in the Butler Gallery Kilkenny city. 

All collections can be viewed on the website and contact Gareth directly on 0858830071 to  make any direct enquiries.  

www.boomm.ie