Amy Wray Irish’s fourth book of poetry is Down to the Bone, published in 2023 by Wild Rising Press.
“Irish is a fresh voice echoing Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Sharon Olds”
—Michael J. Henry, Executive Director of Lighthouse Writers Workshop and author of No Stranger Than My Own and Active Gods.
Irish’s third book of poetry is Breathing Fire, published in 2021
by Middle Creek Press.
—Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Hush and Naked for Tea
Irish’s second book of poetry, The Nature of the Mother, was released in
November 2019 through indie publisher Turkey Buzzard Press.
“Amy Wray Irish writes the poems you wish you had written.”
—Julie Cummings, President of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies
Irish’s first book of poetry, Creation Stories, was initially released in
2008 by Loveland, CO publisher Green Fuse Press.
“In these poems, Irish becomes a priestess of word and image.”
—MD Friedman, poet, musician and founder of the Internet Poets’ Co-op
In October 2017, Irish edited and published another book on Amazon–Bright as a Glowing Ember, by poet and artist Phyllis Clark. Irish was again able to incorporate visual art throughout the manuscript.