'Refuge Resulte' This new poem (Refuge Resulte) was commissioned by St Canice's Church, Eglinton to mark the 200th anniversary of the building of their new church. Read at a public lecture in the church on 17th May 2022. The video on the right has an interview with Sam Burnside before the poem is read.

Poetry in Public Installations Throughout his career Burnside has sought to make literature freely available to all individuals, not merely to the interested educated, democratising the art and the opportunity for and engagement with individual, community and the arts. Published collections of poetry can be sourced by those interested but public, visible installations make poetry available

Victoria Hall, Culmore Heritage: Three poetry texts written in celebration of the human heritage of Culmore as exemplified in the restored building and community hub. A celebration of the (human) heritage of Culmore A collaboration of word and image _____________________________ Windows on west elevation of Victoria Hall commissioned by Culmore Community  Hub Provisional design by Joe

Brackfield Memorial Woods "Eight poems engraved on stone pillars in Brackfield Memorial Woods in Derry/Londonderry and  incorporated into a poetry trail. (Sam Burnside was Writer in Residence with Woodland Trust when he wrote Brackfield Bawn, 2017 from which these poems are taken." Woodland Trust UK ____________________ The poems contained in this collection were written during a year-long period

Spanish Civil War Commemorative Window - Belfast city Hall (following an open public art competition) A commissioned stained glass window. The window was designed, manufactured  and installed by Alpha Stained Glass and incorporates a poem commissioned from Sam Burnside. This window marks the contribution of those Belfast citizens to the anti-fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War from

'Garden of Reflection' Inner City Trust, Derry City Council and Diverse City Community Partnership Supported by PEACE III Programme through the European Union’s Regional Development Fund managed by the Special EU The public art work within the garden was selected through an open competition. Together with Alpha Stained Glass, who designed and constructed seven free-standing stained glass panels, Burnside

'Markings'  Millennium Forum and  Conference Centre,  Derry-LondonderryMarkings – a long poem comprising 14 images and text installed in Millennium Forum, Derry-Londonderry. This work was created in conjunction with the artist Leslie Nicholl.‘Markings’ first appeared in The Recorder, The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, Fall, 1999, pp 36-51Poetry in PublicTwo details from a series fourteen exhibition images