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
Welcome to Series 2 of The Poetry's Dead Podcast With Ryan Duggins And Leon Dunne!
Spring is returning after a brutal winter and so are the poems!
Whilst the storms and dry January pushed most the population to hide indoors and wait for a bit of sunshine to come after 5pm, we were training hard on bringing back the show with a little glow-up.
We have the full show coming back on Monday 10th February, but enjoy our little teaser episode with a few poems from the lads to ease us back in.
We have Ryan's tribute poem to the Netflix hit show Queer Eye and Leon's love letter to the humble and magical Chicken Fillet Roll will either get you pumped for the new series, or at the very least, get you to the deli counter
Like, share, tell your mates, ask your Ma' to listen and join us this year for weekly bangers from poets from the past and present
Poems from the show
Ryan Duggins - Why Queer Eye Makes Me Cry
Leon Dunne - Chicken Fillet Roll
Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey
