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
Nikita Hand, Ada Limón and Footballers Writing Poetry
We don't usually say this, but for this week, stay until the end.
This week, inspired by the news that Wayne Rooney writes poetry, we have a dig around to see who else that plays sport has penned a piece or two. We bring to you Alan Shearer with his poem Ambition.
On a meander around Baldoyle, Leon stumbles upon a poem painted on a pillar from Pat Boran about birds. Really nice.
We are thrown into the world of lockdown hot tubs with Andy Porter and ask the question 'If your Ma buys one, does that make you posh?'
Jenny Fagan helps us out of one of those days where you just can't face the world with her mental health poem that won us over a few months ago when we asked out listeners for some help on women's mental struggles.
We give you a sneak peak into our Patreon read-along with a poem from Ada Limón who we are reading this month. Her poem is called 'How To Triumph Like A Girl'
We close with the story of Nikita Hand, told through poetry by Roxanna Nic Liam that celebrates the bravery of Nikita and the women of Ireland that stand with her. Just a belter of a piece and an important one we're delighted to share.
We have our book released this week so if you'd like a copy, drop us a DM at @thepoetrysdeadpodcast or email us at thepoetrysdeadpodcast@gmail.com
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Ryan and Leon
Poems from the show:
Alan Shearer - Ambition
https://www.youtube.com/@therestisfootball
Pat Boran - Hedge School
https://patboran.com/hedge-school/
Jenny Fagan - The Deep Darkies
Instagram - @passive_poetry
Andy Porter - Neighbour's Got A New Hot Tub
TikTok - andyspangles
Ada Limon - How To Triumph Like A Girl
https://poets.org/poem/how-triumph-girl
Roxanna Nic Liam - Nikita
Instagram - @nicliamo
Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey
