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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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Chris Eubank, Phone Addiction and Poems From Mountjoy Prison

November 17, 2025

Thanks to everyone who has submitted a poem for us for our 2nd volume of The Poetry's Dead Anthology. Submissions are now closed, and we have over 200 poems to read through to bring you a lovely book perfect for Christmas this year.

Today's show we have a lot of beautiful poems for you, along with conversations about poetry really can help turn a life around. We talk about phone addiction, how easy it is to slip into crime and how stories can save you.

We would really appreciate it if you do like the podcast to do your bit to get the word out. We love hearing from you too so don't be a stranger and get in touch with your poetry stories to thepoetrysdeadpodcast@gmail.com

Poetry from the show

T.S Elliot - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Read by Sir Anthony Hopkins with Stephen Colbert

https://www.tiktok.com/@colbertlateshow/video/7567195063692954894

Chris Eubank Sr recites Adi Shankara - Song Of The Soul

https://www.amritapuri.org/40614/shankaracharya.aum

Costa Del Joy (Without The Costa) - Leon Dunne and prisoners of Mountjoy Prison, Dublin

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ4pcj5gCI8/

Heather Peteroy - On My Relationship With The Internet

https://www.instagram.com/bettydogood/?hl=en

Robert Cullen - Untitled Poem

https://www.instagram.com/rc1991/?hl=en