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
Now That's What I Call Poetry! The ‘Best Of’ Episode
What a special episode we have for you this week!
We have taken the time to throve through the archives to bring you some of the best bits of the podcast to date. So sit back, put the kettle on, and take off those shoes, as you relax into 46 minutes of entertainment gold! Or nonsense.. or both..
Poems from today's episode:
Oscar Wilde - The Ballad Of Reading Goal (an exert)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45495/the-ballad-of-reading-gaol
Imelda May - Liberty Belle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQrWiGFtHpw
Jan Brierton- 'You Got Back Your Funny'
https://www.newisland.ie/poetry-drama/what-day-is-it
Ryan Duggins - There Is No Problem
Instagram - @ryanduggins
Leon Dunne - Around Town Most Days
Instagram - @nomanticz
John Cooper Clarke - Bed Blocker IBlues
https://www.clc.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/?p=387
Paddy Downey - Dublin Zoo
@poemsbypaddy On Instagram
Lisa Downey - My Daddy Paddy
Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey
