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
W.H Davies, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Online Dating
This one is a little loose people, so get ready!
Reason being: The sun was shining and we enjoyed a few garggles before going into the world of poetry this week, so if you fancy grabbing yourself a scoop before you listen, you'd be absolutely so welcome.
Speaking of enjoying yourself, we start the show with the iconic 'stand and stare' line from the poem 'Leisure' by W.H Davies. You have to enjoy yourself people, and the Welsha 'supertramp' makes sure we know it.
Weirdly, pirate life gets a few mentions on today's show. No idea why, but adding to that 'Yo Ho Ho' vibe is the 'The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (I know, we are bloody cultured on this show, and so are you for listening) and his tale of spooky goings on aboard the ship.
Sean Urell shares his frustration about that one guy that loves using all his words when he could just use one with 'The Overexplainer'. This ones a right giggle so stick around for it.
We were also ever so grateful and thankful for the words of speech writer Alison Mooney who gives us a lovely intro for the show as well as shares her poem 'Europa' as a reminder of how important it is for nations to be on the same page. Such a good poem.
Our Agony Aunt poem this week is to help someone who just doesn't want to be on the dating apps, but wants to find love. We have a little chat about love in the digital world, as we like to do.
We also have a final call for The Poetry's Edit competition which wraps up this week so get over their Instagram and get your poems. Such a great response so far.
Thanks again for all your support, we are always grateful you're here
Poems from the show
W.H Davies - Leisure
https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/leisure
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834
Sean Urell - The Overexplainer
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Alison Mooney - Europa
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Leon Dunne - Back On The Grindr
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Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey