Poetry Ireland Introductions is a collection of poetry from the very best of Ireland's emerging poets for 2016, as chosen by Poetry Ireland, the national poetry organisation. Along with their vibrant and various new work, each poet provides answers to a set of quirky questions about their aspirations and inspirations as poets, including their current favourite word, their worst poetry habit, and whether they've ever used poetry as a seduction technique. Quality poems and quality prose from Poetry Ireland: connecting poetry and people. Poets included in Selected Poems 2016 are: Lisa Allen, Amanda Bell, Alvy Carragher, Evan Costigan, A.M. Cousins, Ellen Cranitch, Maurice Devitt, Roisin Kelly, Sophie Meehan, Manuela Moser, Padraig Regan, Ben Simmons.