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Swing Landscape (1938) by Stuart Davis at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University. Face to face with Stuart Davis’s Swing Landscape sets you on a path of reconsidering things that you take for granted: the hierarchy of ideas you understand; the order of the natural world. At least, this was one of the profound effect the mural had on me. A formidable painting. Much to my chagrin, I had not heard of Stuart Davis, or Swing Landscape, until my recent vis

Another wonderful review of "Quantum," this time by the writer Sara Hailstone. I could not have been more pleased! Read it here: https://www.sarahailstone.com/book-reviews/quantum

I am looking forward to an evenening of poetry reding in Oakville. Hope to see you there!

I've prepared a few scripts for this creative writing workshop - suited for both fiction and poetry writing. I was lucky to have a group of experienced writers in attendance and we had a lot of fun https://www.instagram.com/p/DaQEyj5jQx_/?img_index=1

Very excited to see two of my poems published by Writers in Kyoto. https://writersinkyoto.com/2026/06/04/poetry/two-poems-by-irina-moga/

I am extremely pleased to announce that my book "Quantum" (DarkWinter Press, 2025) won The 2026 International Poetry Prize of the Claudine de Tencin Academy. This prize is awarded by the Académie Claudine de Tencin of the Association Société Internationale d'Études des Femmes et d'Étude de Genre en Poésie. (SIÉFÉGP) associated with the French literary magazine "Le Pan poétique des muses."

Listen to my conversation with the host and producer of The Ethically Immoral Podcast, Mike Payne about the trajectory of my poetry: https://ethicallyimmoralpodcast.com/podcast/volume-seven-chapter-three-our-conversation-with-irina-moga/

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 upo

Carole Giangrande is the author of several books, including four novels, a short story collection and three novellas. This May Be the Year (Innana Publications, 2025) is a short collection of poems organized under four sections in the book: Birdmind, Breath of Ghosts, Memory’s Shadow, In the Long Grass. On her website, Carole Giangrande describes writing as “a contemplative act, a lifelong quest for clarity, beauty and wisdom.” Such a quest is evident in This May Be the Ye

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 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

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...