POETRY

“Jessica Anne Rose — what a find!

— Thomas McCarthy (Decorated Poet, Former Editor of Poetry Ireland Review, Patrick Kavanaugh Award Winner)

I was the recipient of the Miriam Cotter Award Scholarship 2024, for my Masters in Creative Writing at University College Cork. It is an award presented “to a writer of exceptional promise who comes from a traditionally underrepresented area of society.” I received a First Class Honours for my Masters Degree, and my thesis was titled “TO OPT FOR LIGHT“, a poetry collection dedicated to the neurodivergent experience. Before my Masters, I also achieved a First Class Honours in my Undergraduate degree at UCC in English.

Poetry Performances

– Performed at the Cork International Poetry Festival 2025 as part of Prebooked Poetry Introductions.
– Performed poetry at The Everyman Palace as part of Cork Culture Night, Words Made Local 2025.
– Performed poetry as an invited guest at both LimeSquare Poets and Ó Bhéal 2025.
– Performed poetry as an invited guest at Litreacha, in association with the Lesbian Lives Conference 2026.
– Worked at Retrospect Arts Festival 2026, where I wrote poems live for audience members on a typewriter. This was part of the “Out of the Attic” portion of the festival event.

where has my poetry been published?

1. the conch shell (Green Carnations Anthology)
2. there is a bird (Green Carnations Anthology) 
3. tea talk (Green Carnations Anthology)
4. fizzy (Green Carnations Anthology)
5. she wasn’t royalty, she was a woman (Drawn to the Light Press) 
6. always (Motley Magazine) 
7. groundbreaking lovemaking (Renard Press)
8. London’s Stopped Calling (The Sprawling)
9. build a bear (Stíl)
10. Braving the Weather (New Isles Press)
11. Gatsby’s Soliloquy (Hide and Seek Anthology)
12. fizzy (Cork Pride Magazine)
13. Sonnet for my dog (The Hog River Press)
14. four year old camogie (An Aítiúil III)
15. this is how the world works (A New Ulster)
16. Poor Craothar (A New Ulster)
17. alien (A New Ulster)
18. Renaissance, Baby! (ROPES Literary Journal)
19. Caesura (The Cloudscent Journal Issue 5)
20. this is how the world works (The Quarryman)
21. THE SERPENT BINDING THE ORPHIC EGG SPEAKS (Abridged)
22. For Minnie O’Connor (Quare Éire)
23. Praise for Life’s Lesser Known Gods (The Stony Thursday)
24. erinville I (Oscail)

Upcoming Poetry Publications!

25. introduction to orwellianism ruins animal crossing (Abyss Magazine)
26. Tomamond for autistic shutdown (The Wild Umbrella Anthology 2026)
27. Autistic Coded (Metachrosis Literary)
28. NOBODY IS COMING TO SAVE YOU (Foglifter Journal & Press)

I’m currently seeking a publisher for my debut chapbook.