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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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The Poetry's Dead Podcast

Andrea Gibson, Harry Baker And Putting Life On The Long Finger

April 13, 2026 • Ryan Duggins and Leon Dunne

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The Times' newspaper lost a few subscribers this week after a ridiculous critique of Harry Baker's life show had caused a rightful stir in the poetry community. We talk about the snobbery elitism that hums in the background of the current movement of really sound people performing really powerful words.

We're off to Wolverhampton to see Jan Brierton and Henry Normal on tour next weekend, the latter of which we haven't shared a poem from before which we put right this week.

Andrea Gibson and Darby Hudson make their Poetry's Dead debuts this week too, before our agony aunt fixes the issue of putting it all off until tomorrow.

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Poems from the show

Andrea Gibson - Time Piece

https://andreagibson.org/

Harry Baker - Instructions For My Funeral

https://www.harrybaker.co/

Darby Hudson - Chapters from 'Darby, Love'

https://www.darbyhudsonart.com/

Alice Murphy - Untitled

https://www.instagram.com/aliceasks/

Music from How I Became A Wave - You Always Had A Way With Words