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The Poetry's Dead Podcast

The Poetry's Dead Podcast

De: Ryan Duggins and Leon Dunne
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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

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Episodios
  • Andrea Gibson, Harry Baker And Putting Life On The Long Finger
    Apr 13 2026

    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.

    Thanks again to everyone listening. We really do need all the support so if the podcast if your little secret, change it and spread the word!

    Ryan and Leon


    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

    https://www.howibecameawave.com/

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    Original music by Matthew Keating
    Artwork by Paddy Downey
    Introduction by Lisa Downey

    Produced by Ryan Duggins

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    1 h y 1 m
  • Words That Changed Your Life - Grian Chatten, Derek Mahon, John O'Donoghue And More
    Mar 30 2026

    Words That Changed Your Life

    We opened last week’s show with a clip from Hollywood actor Bill Murray talking about art. He shared a story about how, on his darkest day, he was saved by a painting in a Chicago gallery that gave him the hope he needed to keep going. We thought we’d ask our listeners if they have had a similar experience…and thus, this episode was born.

    We received some beautiful stories from our community about how art had saved them too. Songs, painting and, of course, poetry.

    We share those words with you on the show this week. Thank you to everyone who had gotten in touch, we couldn’t be more thankful.


    Poems from the show:

    Ryan’s pick

    John Cooper Clarke - The List

    https://store.johncooperclarke.com/products/the-luckiest-guy-alive


    Leon’s pick

    Paul Curran - Drive

    https://youtu.be/5DBYB_VGCUw?is=BuPO3E_7QWtuZOr5


    Daniel Flynn’s pick

    Derek Mahon - Everything Is Going To Be Alright

    https://anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2012/10/06/lifesaving-poems-derek-mahons-everything-is-going-to-be-all-right/


    Bev Wilder’s pick

    James Mooney - Stay

    https://www.tiktok.com/@thewanderingpaddy/video/7538889678569671959


    Nicola Clare’s pick

    John O’Donohue - Beannacht/Blessing

    https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/beannacht-blessing/


    Laura Kenny’s pick

    Fontaines DC - No

    https://genius.com/Fontaines-dc-no-lyrics



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    Original music by Matthew Keating
    Artwork by Paddy Downey
    Introduction by Lisa Downey

    Produced by Ryan Duggins

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    1 h y 4 m
  • John Steinbeck, Woody Harrelson And Finding The Antidote To The Manosphere
    Mar 23 2026

    We both have been chewing the Louis Theroux 'Manosphere' documentary around in hour mouths for a few days so it was only natural we spend way too much time this week talking about it. Hopefully we add something to the conversation of the world of vulnerable men being taken advantage of with a few honest appraisals of the shit show itself.

    We do also have poems! Poetry from Woody Harrelson, John Steinbeck, Colm Connolly (this one's a banger about cheating in your dreams) and Steve Denehan.

    We also have a track from the upcoming Pat Ingoldsby album celebrating the poetry of a Dublin icon with some of the country's best poets all recording for the release. We also got invited as well which is cool.

    Enjoy!

    Ryan and Leon

    Poems from the podcast

    Woody Harrelson - Baby Response

    https://extra.ie/2022/08/06/entertainment/woody-harrelson-irish-baby

    John Steinbeck - Tortilla Flat

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/163977.Tortilla_Flat

    Colm Connolly - Dream Cheater

    https://www.instagram.com/colmconnolly84

    Steve Denehan - Impossible Questions From My Daughter

    https://www.stevedenehanpoetry.com/

    Agony Aunt - Perfume

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    Original music by Matthew Keating
    Artwork by Paddy Downey
    Introduction by Lisa Downey

    Produced by Ryan Duggins

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    1 h y 2 m
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