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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

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The Poetry's Dead Podcast

Sylvia Plath, The Fleadh & Changing Jobs Too Quickly

August 11, 2025 • Ryan Duggins and Leon Dunne • Season 3 • Episode 1

Difficult third series? F*** that!

We missed you guys and are delighted to return to your moistened ears as you go on your jog around the park that you hate to help you through another 5k.

Or whatever you're up to listening to us, we're very bloody grateful.

We have had a lovely few months off, so lots to fill you in on. From poems in English village pubs to bopping to The Fleadh.

As for poems, we've both been writing a ton so have some poems to share, as well as poems from the competition winners for our prompts. A huge congrats again to Joe and Hayley for winning a place in our second anthology that will be out this Christmas, absolutely deserved.

Our agony aunt is back, helping someone who needs a little career advice.

We'll be back until December, so get used to us keeping you company for a while :)

Ryan and Leon

Poems from the show:

Andy Porter - Unsuitable Activity For Poets

Neighbour's Got a New Hot Tub: Amazon.co.uk: Porter, Andy: 9798280992061: Books

Passage from The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath | Goodreads

Ryan Duggins - Men In Group Chats After Diogo Jota Died

Ryan Duggins (@ryanduggins) • Instagram photos and videos

Leon Dunne - lámh

Leon Dunne (@nomanticz) • Instagram photos and videos