Words Lightly Spoken

A chance to hear again an episode from July 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Ron Carey reads his poem The Long Path, which was awarded the Allingham Poetry Prize in 2018. This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.

This week in Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland, a chance to hear again an episode from March 2019. Lani O’Hanlon reads her poem Back Up Quick They’re Hippies, first published in Poetry magazine in Chicago. This episode was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.

This week in Words Lightly Spoken, a chance to hear again an episode from May 2019.

Paul Perry reads his poem Puffins in Marley Park, from his pamphlet The Ghosts of Barnacullia, published by above/ground press.

This episode of the Words Lightly Spoken podcast was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.

This week in Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland, a chance again to hear the very first episode from January 2019.

In the first episode, Michael Longley, one of Ireland’s greatest poets, read his poem ‘A Sonnet for Michael Viney’. Michael Longley’s work is published by Cape Poetry.

This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.

Maria McManus reads her poem Finch in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from her collection Available Light, published by Arlen House.

Moyra Donaldson reads her poem Suffering Jesus in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from her collection Carnivorous, published by Doire Press.

Seán Hewitt reads To that Rare and Deep-red Burnet-moth only to be met with in the Burren by Emily Lawless (1845-1913) in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Seán has written about Emily’s work for Acts of Attention: rediscovering Irish women poets, forthcoming from Cork University Press. 

Jane Clarke recalls a vanished way of life in her poem Pit Ponies of Glendasan in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Jane’s work is published by Bloodaxe Books.

Gerard Smyth reads his poem Burning the Manuscripts in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from his collection The Sundays of Eternity, published by Dedalus Press.

In this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland, Eoin Devereux conjures up a scene from the past in his poem The Bullfield.