The Poetry's Dead Podcast

• Halloween! - Frankenstein, Vampires and Shirley Jackson

  OK fair, we are a few days late, but keep the skeletons out for a bit longer as we bring you our Halloween special!Frankenstein, Dracula, the Rock DJ video where we strips his skin off, we leave no tombstone unturned as we take you to the darkest corners of horror with a few poems in the couldron thrown inThe podcast builds up to Leon reading one of popular culture’s most terrifying short stories ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson. We’re sorry in advance.We’re current accepting submissions to our second anthology collection so email your poems to [email protected]. Deadline November 14th - 40 lines max per poemEnjoy the podcast…BOO!Ryan and LeonPoems from the showVincent Price - The Thrillerhttps://youtu.be/bfREGjSHD1g?si=S48t7XG88RiOM3hoSuzanne Meehan - Shadyhttps://www.instagram.com/suzie433?igsh=MXNmc3Bsd3A1N2R6dA==Conrad Aiken - The Vampirehttps://poets.org/poem/vampireLeon Dunne - The Hotelhttps://www.instagram.com/nomanticz?igsh=MXRmNnZ0OGtud2ZwNQ==Shirley Jackson - The Lottery https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lotteryMusic by Molly Donnery - Pull Me Underhttps://open.spotify.com/track/6mjgRcLY4Bl76b4bltHk9L?si=tqWGSHz8SjGkEkadf6PR4gSupport the showOriginal music by Matthew Keating Artwork by Paddy DowneyIntroduction by Lisa Downey Produced by Ryan Duggins

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• Raising Men's Mental Health Awareness With Movember

  Join us this week for a special men's mental health podcast in collaboration with Movember. It's not easy out there. Juggling responsibilities, craving rest where there is little time, keeping struggles to yourself. Life can be a very difficult thing to navigate, and today's episode we hope to help with some honest chat interwoven between poems from both established voices and new writers sharing gifts to help through darker days.A special thank you to Daragh Fleming who has created a poetry anthology with Movember where you can find all the poems we share and a heap load more. MO Poems by Movember and Daragh Fleming is available now and all proceeds go to the Movember charity. If you'd like a copy, click the link in our bio or drop us a message.I know we all say its time to talk, but doing that isn't easy. Hopefully this podcast starts a few more conversations from anyone struggling.Ryan and LeonThe Poetry's Dead PodcastPoems from the show:Lee Sheridan - Why Men Have Nippleshttps://www.writing.ie/member-authors/lee-sheridan/Ryan Duggins - Peacehttps://amzn.eu/d/jh45bB2Phil Scully - Other Menhttps://www.instagram.com/philscullyMyla Kortaba - PulseLeon Dunne - This Existencehttps://www.poetryireland.ie/education/writers-directory/leon-dunneJames Mooney - I Was Losthttps://www.instagram.com/the.wanderingpaddy/#Calum Stanley - Echoes Where You Werehttps://www.instagram.com/calum.stanley.art/#Music by Artsipolo - Slow Downhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX47rSU4FZABuy MO Poems by Daragh Fleming and Movember https://jv5m8a-eq.myshopify.com/products/mo-poems-anthology-volume-1Support the showOriginal music by Matthew Keating Artwork by Paddy DowneyIntroduction by Lisa Downey Produced by Ryan Duggins

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• Manchán Magan, Basic Income For Artists And Remembering Our Grannies

  We are paying tribute this week to the late writer and researcher of all things Irish, Manchán Magan who has departed our current world for the next one. We talk about his influence on the recent fire under the belly of Irish culture and share a few pages of his book '99 Words For Rain'.Good news for the artists of Ireland came in the form of the basic income scheme for artists being stamped as permanent. We hear from writers, playwrights and poets on what this news means and the reality of being an artist in Ireland.We've got a load of Irish sayings courtesy of listenter Theresa McCormack, a circle of life poem from Tanaaz about her own Granny and a banger of a poem from Derek Walcott as a reminder to be kinder to ourselves.Our Agony Aunt is back helping someone who has a certain itch to scratch. Filthy carry on, really.Music this week is from Ciaran Lavery who was recently shortlisted for the Northern Ireland Music Prize. Hopefully see a few of you at the Rising Tide event this Wednesday. Ryan and LeonPoems from the showMánchan Magan - 99 Words For Rainhttps://www.easons.com/ninety-nine-words-for-rain-and-one-for-sun-manchan-magan-9781804583340?srsltid=AfmBOoqb6KOMGIik3tc1OAUqANYGgiHJ3iML-zn-Vz0QUicV1sOZRep4Derek Walcott - Love After Lovehttps://allpoetry.com/love-after-loveLeon Dunne - Scars On The LandscapeTanaaz Kothawalla - Mangoes And GrannyInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/poe_tryforme/Agony Aunt - A ManMusic by Ciaran Lavery https://ciaranlaverymusic.com/Support the showOriginal music by Matthew Keating Artwork by Paddy DowneyIntroduction by Lisa Downey Produced by Ryan Duggins

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• Matthew McConaughey, Brianna Parkins and A Lesbian Van

  Alright, alright, alright...it was too tempting to type so leave us alone. How else do you expect us to start this podcast description when we're celebrating the poetry of Matthew McConaughey? Exactly. There are many poems we could have shared from his new books 'Poems and Prayers' but we went with Tips Included. Its a 2 hour listen to complete the audiobook, so create some space in your week and listen to his new book on Spotify asap.After a week in Benalmadena, Ryan came home to Ireland gasping for a bit of Irish craic and, as fate would have it, that is exactly the subject of Irish Times columnist Brianna Parkins' column in the weekend edition that we picked up on arrival home, so we share her piece.We have poetry from Norma Gill about believing in the future when grief arrives, a poem about a lesbian date that came with an unexpected twist and we also have our first ever trilingual poem!Thanks for everyone's support. We would love to see the show expand so if you do like the show, please do review, like and tell your mates.Yup poetryRyan and LeonPoems from the podcastTips Included - Matthew McConaughey https://greenlights.com/Brianna Parkins - Good chat? Only when you leave Ireland, you realise it isn't universal - Irish Times Weekend Magazine Column - 27th September 2025https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/brianna-parkins/Norma Gill - The Rocky Patchhttps://www.instagram.com/_words_to_soothe_/?hl=enOla Majekodunmi - On Her Own Termshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn9iQ_9lWi8Hannah Porter - Lesbian Vanhttps://www.instagram.com/hannahkatep_/Agony Aunt - Thought InvaderMusic from Ben Reid - The Risen Peoplehttps://www.tiktok.com/@benreid___/video/7554574732532649218Support the showOriginal music by Matthew Keating Artwork by Paddy DowneyIntroduction by Lisa Downey Produced by Ryan Duggins

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• Live @ Culture Night Special

  We have a chonky boy of an episode for you this week!Due to the magical powers of our sound man, the wonderful Finn O'Reilly (@finnreuben), we present to you our Culture Night episode recorded live at The LAB in Dublin. This episode is an absolute banger, where we cover everything from poetry, comedy, storytelling and music ( interpretive dance doesn't transfer over to audio very well sadly).  First up we have the amazing Aoife Dunne (@aoife_is-never_dunne) who opens up our show and not only has our audience in fits of laughter, but also strums on the heartstrings with her personally reflective poetry. Ryan is in then for a post-performance chat with Aoife about all things writing. Next up the Corkonian Bard that is Daragh Fleming (@daraghfleming) speaks of the dark side of masculinity and how he plans to raise the baddest men on the planet (by making them be sound). Leon swoops in after for a sophisticated chat about Daragh's writing process. Third up the amazing Eve (@allthingsevemusic) serenades us with her incredible lyrics and powerful voice. Leon chats with Eve about what it's like writing in a different language. The last of our fantastic performers- Danni Culllen (@dannicullen_gypsy_soul) lures you into the ancient art of storytelling with a tale from the myths of Irish folklore. Ryan is up after to chat about where one can go to learn such a craft.Finally to wrap up the show, we have several audience members grace the stage with some amazing poetry that they wrote on the night! It was amazing to hear such incredible pieces that were made up on the hoof. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you to everyone who contributed xSupport the showOriginal music by Matthew Keating Artwork by Paddy DowneyIntroduction by Lisa Downey Produced by Ryan Duggins

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