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
Fontaines D.C, Luke Kelly and The Poetry Edit Competition
And the winner is..
On today’s episode, we reveal the winning poem for our competition in collaboration with The Poetry Edit. It’s been incredible to read the pieces that have been submitted, and we can’t wait to share all three finalist’s with you.
As well as the competition, we talk about THAT interview between Jools Holland and Grian Chatten as we get a real-life example of how a poet can twist and turn normal folk into knots. And we loved it.
Fontaines D.C are one of our favourite bands, and we talk about Grian’s inspiration through poetry and the story of how his father introduced him to the world of verse
We’ll definitely have to do another competition so watch this space!
Poems from the show
Luke Kelly - For What Died The Sons Of Roisin
https://open.spotify.com/track/2skM6PxyViYGfP2FGIaxG9?si=5ce5da046d1b42b5
Grian Chatten - Big
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiLk6G5N-3Y
Sapphire Allard - I’m Flicking Past News Stories Like Men on Dating Apps
Instagram - @sapphirerosewriter
Miles Pascall - I Wonder
Instagram - @milespascall
Anna Nixon - A Stabbing By Numbers
Instagram - @annanixonwritings
Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey
