What does it mean to belong everywhere—and nowhere—at once?

In this luminous episode of the Wingless Dreamer Podcast, we welcome Irish poet and multi-disciplinary creator Gavin Bourke, a writer whose words have travelled from the streets of West Dublin to literary platforms across Ireland, India, the U.S., and Hong Kong—without ever losing their emotional truth.

Grounded in public service yet devoted to the restless life of the imagination, Gavin writes about mental health, addiction, power, injustice, memory, and the fragile beauty of being human. His voice carries both grit and grace, moving effortlessly between the personal and the political, the urban and the spiritual.

Together, we explore what it means to write without borders—
to create while holding down a day job,
to speak about darkness without losing the light,
and to keep choosing art in a world that keeps asking for practicality.

This is a conversation for poets, dreamers, musicians, healers, and anyone who believes that creativity is not a luxury—it’s a form of survival.

So pour a cup of something warm, open your heart, and step into a journey that moves across countries, consciousness, and the courage to tell the truth.

Maverick minds only.
Welcome to Wingless Dreamer.

BIO:

Gavin Bourke grew up in the suburb of Tallaght in West Dublin. Married to Annemarie living in County Meath, he holds a B.A. in Humanities from Dublin City University, an M.A. Degree in Modern Drama Studies and a Higher Diploma in Information Studies from University College Dublin. His work broadly covers nature, time, memory, addiction, mental health, human relationships, the inner and outer life, creating meaning and purpose, politics, contemporary and historical social issues, injustice, the human situation, power and its abuse, absurdism, existentialisms, human psychology, cognition, emotion and behaviour, truth and deception, the sociological imagination, illness, socio-economics, disability, inclusivity, human life, selfishness and its consequences as well as urban and rural life, personal autonomy, ethics, commerce, science, grand schemes and the technological life in English and to a lesser extent in the Irish Language. Now, read his book, "After Hemlock" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Hemlock-Proverse-Prize-Publications-ebook/dp/B0FLTDDS8T