The Poetry's Dead Podcast
Ryan and Leon are delighted to bring you your NEW favourite poetry podcast, exploring the work of poets old and new, with a little bit of craic mixed in.
We'll share our love of poetry every week, taking you on a journey through work from poets you'll have heard of, as well as poets you may not have heard of and even people you had no idea wrote poetry.!
We'll also help with our Agony Poet part of the show where we'll accept any challenge of solving a problem with a poem. Nothing is too trivial or too serious.
Ryan Duggins is a published English poet based in Dublin, with work found in journals Dreich, Flare and his first collection 'You're Never Too Old To Know Better' was published in April '23. He's also performed at Electric Picnic and is a regular on the open mic scene in Dublin
Leon Dunne is a spoken word artist and cornerstone of the poetry scene in Ireland. He is the 2022 All Ireland Poetry Slam Champion and co-founder of Rising Tide, an events company hosting the best spoken word performers the country has to offer out of Pearse Street library
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Original music by Matthew Keating
Introduced and co-produced by Lisa Downey
The Poetry's Dead Podcast
Pam Ayres, Charity Shop Books And Staying On The Right Path
This. One. Was. Fun
We parade around the fun and freeing mind of Pam Ayres, as she gives us a lovely spring in our steps with her warm and giggly poetry.
We share some tips on getting back into reading, and our love of spending time in charity shops and picking up a book for a euro.
David Hynes comes in with his Perfectly Polished Poem flooded with P's like an overflowing pub urinal of poetry.
Our agony aunt is all about how to to stay on the right track, and finding out what that track is.
We also gush over Matthew McConaughey, share a theory about Roddy Doyle and read out a message from a listener that had us both in tears. Oh, we talk about tears as well.
We basically talked way too much on this one lol.
As always, get in touch with us on Instagram @thepoetrysdeadpodcast or email us at thepoetrysdeadpodcast@gmail.com
Poems from the episode:
Dave Jones - Among The Fools
Instagram - @davedelirious
Pam Ayres - Geriatric Juliet
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43520176
Leon Dunne - Lidl Siblings and Ed's Keys
Instagram - @nomanticz
David Hynes - Porter Price
Instagram - @hynestein1
Ryan Duggins - The End
Instagram - @ryanduggins
Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey