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Mary O’Malley reads Making Marmalade from Gaudent Angeli, published by Carcanet Press. Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland, is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and is a Rockfinch production.
Seamus Cashman reads I too begin with scaffolding from The Sistine Gaze, published by Salmon Poetry. Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland, is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and is a Rockfinch production.
In our first Words Lightly Spoken podcast of 2021 Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin reads Don’t tell me the Moon is Shining, by her late husband, Macdara Woods, from Last Poems & Two Tales from County Meath, published by Cyphers. Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland, is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and is a Rockfinch production.
Bringing us a Christmas poem for Christmas Day, Kate Newmann reads Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Life Goes On in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Kate’s work is published by Summer Palace Press.
Maeve O’Sullivan reads Mother To Be in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland, from her collection Elsewhere, published by Alba Publishing.
A chance to hear again Amanda Bell reading her poem Xmas, first posted in December 2019. You can listen back to Amanda discussing this poem with Paul Perry in Episode 50 of Words Lightly Spoken, a special, extended episode made in collaboration with Poetry Ireland and marking the publication of Volume 129 of Poetry Ireland Review. Also taking part was another contributor to the Review, Eleanor Hooker.
A chance to hear again Eleanor Hooker reading her poem A Landscape Forfeited to Snow, first posted in December 2019. You can listen back to Eleanor discussing this poem with Paul Perry in Episode 50 of Words Lightly Spoken, a special, extended episode made in collaboration with Poetry Ireland and marking the publication of Volume 129 of Poetry Ireland Review. Also taking part was another contributor to the Review, Amanda Bell.
Julie O’Callaghan reads A Blizzard on Judson Avenue in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from her collection What’s What, published by Bloodaxe Books.
Doireann Ní Ghríofa reads Faoi Shamhain/In November in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from her collection Lies, published by Dedalus Press.
Linda McKenna reads her poem Oncoming Traffic in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from her collection In the Museum of Misremembered Things, published by Doire Press.
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