Sean Godley

Sean Godley

Sean Godley, (born 17 November 1981), is an Irish-Australian writer and poet.

Born in Cavan, he is the son of John Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken and his second wife, Susan Heazlewood. He grew up mainly at the family's estate, Killegar House, in Carrigallen, County Leitrim, and was educated mainly in England.

His poetry is largely lyrical, influenced by Michael Dransfield and Dylan Thomas, and is concerned predominantly with mortality and monoism. He won the prize for the best Short Poem at Ireland's leading literary festival, the Listowel Writer's Week, in 2006 for his sonnet "Sitting Still". [http://www.writersweek.ie/competitions.htm] He is also a recipient of the "Leitrim Guardian" Literary Award for his short story "Flying the Nest"

Sean began an MA in Writing at NUI Galway in September 2006.

External links

* [http://www.poemhunter.com/sean-godley/biography/poet-164162/ Biography]
* [http://www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/sean_godley_2006_4.pdf Free poems] (PDF)
* [http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=164162&poem=3026572 Sitting Still]


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