Cork poet Victoria Kennefick on diving deep into the personal
Victoria Kennefick is from Shanagarry in Co Cork.
Victoria Kennefick admits that she cried while writing almost every poem in her second collection, Egg/Shell. The Tralee-based writer and teacher (currently on leave from her secondary school teaching job), who is originally from Shanagarry in Co Cork, says she cries regularly. Crafting her deeply personal poetry, Kennefick says the process is cathartic for her.
“When a poem is on the page, I can stop running from particular feelings, emotions or situations,” she says.
