Words Lightly Spoken

A chance to hear again Rita Ann Higgins reading her poem Homage in this episode from June 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland, funded by the Arts Council of Ireland. Rita Ann’s work is published by Bloodaxe Books and Salmon Poetry.

A chance to hear again Anamaría Crowe Serrano reading her poem Frontiers, first posted in April 2019. The poem is from her collection On Words and Up Words, published by Shearsman.

A chance to hear again Seán Hewitt reading his poem Ghost, first posted in April 2019. You can listen back to Seán 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 Ireland Review. Also taking part were two other contributors to the Review, Jean O’Brien and Freddie Trevaskis Hoskin.

A chance to hear again Freddie Travaskis Hoskin reading their poem To Most of You, first posted in April 2019. You can listen back to Freddie 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 Ireland Review. Also taking part were two other contributors to the Review, Jean O’Brien and Seán Hewitt.

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.

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 Ireland Review. Also taking part were two other contributors to the Review, Freddie Trevaskis Hoskin and Seán Hewitt.

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 Ireland Review. 

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 128 of Poetry Ireland Review. Also taking part were two other contributors to the Review, Angela Finn and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe.

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 of Poetry Ireland Review. Also taking part were two other contributors to the Review, Angela Finn and Jonathan C Creasy. Episode 35 of the Words Lightly Spoken podcast was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.

A chance to listen again to an episode from February 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Paddy Bushe reads his poem Our Lady of Cúm a’ Chiste from his collection On a Turning Wing, published by Dedalus Press. This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.