{"id":40651,"date":"2026-03-31T12:12:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/songs-of-love-to-the-earth\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:12:54","slug":"songs-of-love-to-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/songs-of-love-to-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs of Love to the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Since 2023, the Arts Office has been associated with a project &nbsp;\u2018Songs of Love to the Earth\u2019 with the writer Lani O\u2019 Hanlon. Lani was awarded an Arts Participation Project Award by the Arts Council to co-create a book of poems, written in collaboration with those with a life limiting illness or with bereaved people. Lani\u2019s experience of mentoring writers and her work in the areas of&nbsp;Arts &amp; Health and Palliative Care placed her in a unique position to work on this thoughtfully conceived project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Arts Office has a track record in devising and delivering literature workshops and mentoring and were pleased to assist her with the process around this important project. R\u00e9alta at UHW, assisted with the Palliative access and advice. The Old Market House Arts Centre, Dungarvan provided a safe space for one to one engagement with the bereaved over a twelve month period in 2024, where the poems were created.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Lani has spent 2025 editing and revising the poems, getting feedback from industry professionals and including poems of her own for this publication, which despite it\u2019s background is an uplifting book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">At this juncture, the Arts Office would like to bring this book to fruition and make it available to the general public during Q3 &amp; 4 of 2026. 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