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Posted Wednesday, September 9, 2026 by Mark Pirie
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Poetry by Mark Pirie, The Night Press
In March 2022, I published an eBook of love poems written between December 2021 and February 2022. It was available as a free EP like Indie bands do at Lulu.com Bookstore.
In September, I decided to make the book available in print as well. The new edition can now be bought from Lulu.com Bookstore.
Posted Sunday, August 23, 2026 by Mark Pirie
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Poetry by Mark Pirie, Notes for the Translators, Close Encounters of the Poetic Kind, Mark Pirie translations, University of Sarajevo
In 2024, I was translated into Bosnian and Turkish in the anthology, Close Encounters of the Poetic Kind: A Collection of Poetry by Poets from Australia and New Zealand eds. Vesna Suljić and Mehtap Őzer-Isović, University of Sarajevo, 2024.
It is an anthology of translations selected from the anthology Notes for the Translators that was published in 2012.
The poem of mine translated was 'Progress'.
It is an honour to be included in this University of Sarajevo project.
Posted Sunday, August 23, 2026 by Mark Pirie
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Poetry by Mark Pirie, Bjorn Borg, Nick Kyrgios, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Tennis, Tennis poems, Venus Williams
I am proud to announce that I have published a chapbook of tennis poems called Tiebreaker. The poems are written on famous players and the subject of tennis, including Wimbledon.
Players include Djokovic, Borg, Nadal, Kyrgios, and the Williams sisters.
There is also an addenda on Roger Federer by Bill Sutton, 1944-2025.
It is available at Lulu online bookstore.
Posted Saturday, March 19, 2022 by Mark Pirie
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Poetry by Mark Pirie, The Night Press
In March I published an eBook of love poems written between December 2021 and February 2022. It is available as a free EP like Indie bands do at Lulu.com Bookstore.