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
Kendrick Lamar, Wretch 32 and Emmet O'Brien
Yo, dawg! Whattup, homey! Whatcha...geezer?
It didn't take us long to to run out of rap slang terms for friend as you can see, but we wanted to get you into the spirit of the show early as this week's episode is a special on rhythm and poetry, or as you lot would know it better as, RAP!
We have left the library this week and entered the basement rap battle scene as we explore the work of modern wordsmiths that prefer to have their voices alongside hip-hop beats to give us an easier way to experience their stories.
We discuss our early experiences of hearing stories we were way too young for, the value of rap in general for understanding the human experience and share a verse or two.
After we flip our caps the right way round and pull our jeans back up, we discuss one of Dublin's greatest current spoken word performers Emmet O'Brien who comes through with a magical piece about where our words go when they leave us.
James 'Jimbo' Dillon shares his letter of caution to his larger pal in his poem My Fat Friend, which is a belter of a poem, and we end it with the words of last week's competition winner Anna Nixon
So. Yeah. Word to your mother!
Poems from the show
Kendrick Lemar - DNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX6uBHPGfSs
Wretch 32 - Freestyle from Fire In The Booth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nnLBzzQk-I&t=435s
Emmet O'Brien - Untitled
Instagram - @emmet_obrien_poetry
James Dillon - My Fat Friend
Instagram - @jimbosmyname
*Intro was taken from the YouTube channel for Rocawear with the video titled JAY-Z "Rap Is Poetry
Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey
