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
Both of them are more fun than these descriptions would have you believe
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Original music by Matthew Keating
Introduced and co-produced by Lisa Downey
The Poetry's Dead Podcast
Brendan Behan, Jan Brierton And James Joyce's Obsession With Farts
Well, well!
It was a long week after St Patrick's Day weekend ladies and gentlemen, but we have climbed out of our beds finally to bring you a fresh new episode
This week, Leon delivers on his promise of blowing Ryan's mind with a James Joyce love letter. Just...wow.
We climb into the world of Brendan Behan for a little bit before we talk about Jan Brierton's new collection 'Everyone Is A Poem' and how her work has captured the mood of of the Irish people (especially the mammies.)
We introduce Swedish two-tone poet Josefin Friberg as well as share a beauty of a poem by James Pollard
Ryan shares his relationship with clothing and why having affordable options for the disadvantaged is key helping those people into better futures
We wrap it up with Leon going into the labratory and creating a poem to help our Agony Aunt contributor with the issue if being overrun by stupid, pointless emails
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Ryan and Leon
Poems from today's episode
James Joyce Love Letter
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/02/02/james-joyces-love-letters-dirty-little-fuckbird/
Brendan Behan - Oscar
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/oscar-wilde-from-the-irish-of-brendan-behan/27996289.html
Jan Brierton - You Got Back Your Funny
https://www.newisland.ie/poetry-drama/what-day-is-it
Josefin Friberg - Never Learn
Instagram @josefinlequeen
James Pollard - How Heavy Is The Moon
Ryan Duggins - Topman Saved My Life
Instagram @RyanDuggins
Leon Dunne - Email
Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey
