Jul 31, 2020
Poet Francis Ledwidge was killed during World War I, on 31st July 1917, just weeks before his 30th birthday. Today, a chance to hear again Gerald Dawe introducing and reading Ledwidge’s poem Lullaby in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland, funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
Jul 24, 2020
A chance to hear again Jean O’Brien reading her poem Once I Woke, first posted in April 2019. You can listen back to Jean discussing this poem with Paul Perry in Episode 15 of Words Lightly Spoken, a special, extended episode made in collaboration with Poetry Ireland and marking the publication of Volume 127 of Poetry...
Jul 17, 2020
A chance to hear again Angela Finn reading her poem Burnout, first posted in September 2019. You can listen back to Angela discussing this poem with Paul Perry in Episode 35 of Words Lightly Spoken, a special, extended episode made in collaboration with Poetry Ireland and marking the publication of Volume 128 of Poetry...
Jul 10, 2020
A chance to hear again Jonathan C. Creasy reading his poem Generation, first posted in September 2019. You can listen back to Jonathan discussing this poem with Paul Perry in Episode 35 of Words Lightly Spoken, a special, extended episode made in collaboration with Poetry Ireland and marking the publication of Volume...
Jul 3, 2020
A chance to hear again Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe reading her poem Be/cause, first posted in September 2019. You can listen back to Nidhi discussing this poem with Paul Perry in Episode 35 of Words Lightly Spoken, a special, extended episode made in collaboration with Poetry Ireland and marking the publication of Volume 128...