I've joined Substack. https://irinamoga.substack.com/ I will pe posting short snippets or literature, art and travel. Thanks for...

I am excited to see my latest poetry released by DarkWinter Press. Here is the link to the press release: https://www.darkwinterlit.com/p...

Five or Six Islands ( 오륙도) in Busan, South Korea. Photo - Irina Moga I am thrilled to see my poem "Five or Six Islands" translated into...

I am pleased to have the poem "Five or Six Islands" included in the summer issue of California Quarterly.

I am delighted to see some of my poems translated into Spanish and included in the latest issue of the gorgeous Spanish literary...

Read my poem "Strands" in the June post of "Fiddles and Scribbles: https://fiddlesandscribbles.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/junes-poem-by-iri...

Read my two poems inspired by a quote from Marcus Aurelius in Issue 13, May 2025 of "Paddler Press." https://paddlerpress.ca/issues-trip-...

I have a flash fiction piece coming in issue 4.1 of the wonderful HOTCH POTCH literature & ART. My story is titled "Pape Avenue" and is a...

Driving through Niagara Falls yesterday, too cold to take in the thunderous beauty of the falls, just enough time to take a couple of...

I am glad to have my poem "Coffee" featured in an avant-prèmiere of Issue 002 of the literary magazine " Phylum Press ". I am grateful to...

I’ve always had a passion for fashion, which, can be argued, is an underrated form of art - albeit a more lucrative one than poetry.  ...

I am grateful to the Ontario Arts Council for the grant awarded to support the creation of a poetry book in French. Poetry, I would...

A Promise by Irina Moga   A dark wave of sheer meanness flickered in Snowman’s eyes. He had spied a pink, hand-written note zigzagging...

Read my poem "Platinum Blonde" in the November 2024 issue of Uppagus. I started writing this poem with a fuzzy, pop art rendition of...

Have you ever wondered why the October morning light is different from what we experience at other times during the year? I do not have...

I had a great time at this year's Eden Mills Writers' Festival thanks to the complimentary ticket I won as a runner-up in the "Read at...

Bonjour ! Lisez mon poème au parfum de l’hyacinthe « Miroir & labyrinthe » dans « Le Pan poétique des muses » . Je prends pour point de...

“Chirp-chirp-chirp, grey autumn rain, did not think you’ll fall again” I paid no attention to early 1900’s poets while in school. Not...

Je ne prêtais guère attention aux poètes du début du XXe siècle à l’école. Pas assez intéressants, pas assez modernes pour être discutés...

The poems in this collection share a "truant disposition" (in the words of W. Shakespeare).