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What happens when you attempt to land a small spacecraft on Ganymede, and why bother with it at all ? Read my poem, "Descent to Ganymede," in issue 264 of Galaxy Science Fiction , that just dropped. It's a fabulous issue, full of gorgeous illustrations, poetry, short stories and interviews, some of them projecting AI use into the future (including mine). The landing I describe there is all poetic license, it would not work out in real life, but when writing it, I've drawn

I am excited to be invited to read from my poetry book, "Quantum" at the librissimi Salotto della poesia on May 2, 2026. librissimi - Toronto Italian Book Festival is at the Columbus Center in Toronto, and I will participate in a poetry reading together with other ten poets. Here is more information about the reading: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/librissimi-salotto-della-poesia-poetry-reading-tickets-1986289778196?aff=oddtdtcreator If you are interested in attending the readi

It's National Poetry Month 2026! I am glad to be reading poetry in Ingersoll, ON, at Commonplace Books, together with other poets from ON. A great way tp celebrate poetry in spring!

An exciting poetry evening, part of the Planet Earth Poetry reading series, at Russel Books in Victoria. The host of the reading will be poet Lorne Daniel and Amber Nuyens will also read.

I am excited about this fabulous event! "Quirks of Human Nature" is a show like no other, happening in Kingston, ON, presented by Meg Freer and Deb Schuurmans. I will be reading poetry and there will be musical improvisations done by virtuosos Deb Schuurmans and Jan LeClair.

I'm looking forward to Sunday, February 22nd, 2026, when I will be interviewed by writer Suzanne Craig-Whytock on Reader's Delight Live On-Air, CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo. I will be talking about "Quantum" and poetry writing.

Moon Jar, National Museum of Korea Issue 177 of "The New Quarterly" has just been published. I have a poem in this issue, "Moon Jar." Moon jars are elegant Korean ceramics creations, and they acted as a prompt for my poem, which includes Korean words. Read it in "The New Quarterly"! https://tnq.ca/issues/issue-177/ ...

Read my explanation of why I wrote Quantum, a bold, highly imaginative book, made for the 21st century in The Miramichi Reader . "Reading poetry means crossing into a space of mindfulness that lends itself to introspection. Some call this “being in the zone”—a state of meditation and detachment that nurtures focus and clarity of purpose. A question comes to mind: What if poetry is a field of creative energy whose quanta surround us, and in which we can immerse ourselves thro

I'm glad I joined The Ontario Poetry Society (TOPS) last summer. A glowing review of "Quantum" written by Stradford's Poet Laureate is included In the January issue of Verse Afire, The Ontario Poetry Society's literary magazine. Here are two sentences that stuck with me: 'In short, this is a quite exquisite poetry collection, employing resounding and surprising word combinations that tap into the the heartfelt core of what it means to live on this earth.' 'Irina Moga's Quantu

I am excited to be hosting a bilingual poetry reading in English and French, with participation of poets from Canada and France. It's an occasion to celebrate poetry in the national poetry month. The event will take place on April 12, 2026. Contact me if you would like to attend this event!

I confess. I find poetry readings longer than a few minutes by a single poet boring. In many cases their poems are interesting and fresh, but the strain of focusing on one's voice and intonation takes the edge off their message. Some readers drone on and on, without any consideration for the audience's razor thin margin of patience, quickly propelling the said audience on a tangent out into the stratosphere. What's to be done? I am seriously thinking about the topic, as I pre

Winter wearing you down? Ready to escape to a different place, even if for a short while? Read one of my three short stories - variations on "boy-meets-girl": Pilot Meets ER Doctor: Whispers in Jeju Island - Hotch Potch Literature and Art - Issue 4.2 'Dol Hareubang' sculpture, Jeju Island, South Korea Student Runs into Fellow Student: A Lone Stone Rarely Falls - in DarkWinter Literary Magazine Sculpture of Gwendolyn MacEwen in Gwendolyn MacEwen Park, Toronto, Ontario, July

A review of "Quantum" in TheSeaBoardReview.ca https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/quantum-poems-by-irina-moga

I am thrilled to be reading from "Quantum" at The Niagara Artists Centre on December 7th, 2025 7 pm and 9 pm. Look forward to an evening of discussing poetry and meeting a young and vibrant audience!

The Great Wave of Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai - Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 45434, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2798407 Thrilled to win 1st prize in The Ontario Poetry Society's "Cutting the Umbilical Cord – Transitions Poetry Contest" with my poem "Wave Man". More about this poem in another post. https://www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca/Cutting%20the ...

Text on back cover of "Green Man Ascendant" by A.J. Dalton.

Read my short story, "Whispers on Jeju Island" in issue 4.2 of "Hotch Potch Literature and Art." https://read.bookfunnel.com/pdf/sijzwqnwoa It is set in mysterious, magical Jeju Island in South Korea. One of its main characters is Dol Hareubang, the iconic, ubiquitous stone statue on the island. The key scene in the short story takes place in Bijarim Forest, a nutmeg forest, 800 years old.

The theme of a 'secret garden' is recurrent in both literature and cinematography. Here a short story, my take on this theme, which was published in Streetlight Magazine. The setting of this short story is the beautiful Changdeok Palace in Seoul, South Korea. https://streetlightmag.com/2025/09/12/the-secret-garden-by-irina-moga/ #new, #fiction, #shortstory #SouthKorea, #Seoul #Changdeokgung

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...