Synopsis
A podcast of poetry from Ireland
Episodes
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WLS 77 Maureen Boyle reads Black Mountain Viewed from English 6 (repeat)
19/06/2020 Duration: 02minA chance to listen again to an episode from May 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Maureen Boyle reads her poem Black Mountain Viewed from English 6 from her collection The Work of a Winter, published by Arlen House. This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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WLS 76 Moya Roddy reads Miracle (repeat)
12/06/2020 Duration: 03minA chance to hear again an episode from April 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Moya Roddy reads her poem Miracle, from her collection Out of the Ordinary, published by Salmon Poetry. This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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WLS 75 Mark Granier reads Tube (repeat)
05/06/2020 Duration: 02minA chance to hear again an episode from August 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Mark Granier reads his poem Tube from his collection Ghostlight, published by Salmon Poetry. This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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WLS 74 Mary Noonan reads The Crooked Man of Chinchon (repeat)
29/05/2020 Duration: 04minA chance to hear again an episode from September 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Mary Noonan reads her poem The Crooked Man of Chinchón from her collection Stone Girl, published by Dedalus Press. This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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WLS 73 Pete Mullineaux reads The Wave (repeat)
22/05/2020 Duration: 04minA chance to hear again an episode from July 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Pete Mullineaux reads his poem The Wave from his collection How to Bake a Planet, published by Salmon Poetry. This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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WLS 72 Erin Fornoff reads Espero (repeat)
15/05/2020 Duration: 05minA chance to hear again an episode from March 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Erin Fornoff reads her poem Espero, from her collection Hymn to the Reckless, published by Dedalus Press. This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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WLS 71 Paul Muldoon reads The Birth (repeat)
08/05/2020 Duration: 03minA chance to hear again an episode from May 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Paul Muldoon reads his poem The Birth from his Selected Poems 1968-2014, published by Faber & Faber. This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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WLS 70 Enda Wyley reads The Painter on his Bike (repeat)
01/05/2020 Duration: 03minA chance to hear again an episode from January 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Enda Wyley reads her poem The Painter on his Bike. Enda Wyley’s work is published by Dedalus Press. This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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WLS 69 John McAuliffe reads To the Management (repeat)
24/04/2020 Duration: 06minA chance to hear again an episode from February 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. John McAuliffe reads his poem To the Management. John’s work is published by The Gallery Press. This episode was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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WLS68 Mary O’Donnell reads My Mother’s Irish, Risen at Easter (repeat)
17/04/2020 Duration: 04minA chance to hear again an episode from June 2019 of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Mary O’Donnell reads her poem My Mother’s Irish, Risen At Easter, to be published in her new collection Mary of St Médiers. Mary’s work is published by Salmon Poetry and Arc Publications UK. This episode of Words Lightly Spoken was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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WLS 67 Ron Carey reads The Long Path (repeat)
10/04/2020 Duration: 03minA 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.
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WLS 66 Lani O'Hanlon reads Back Up Quick They're Hippies (repeat)
03/04/2020 Duration: 02minThis 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.
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WLS 65 Paul Perry reads Puffins in Marley Park (repeat)
27/03/2020 Duration: 04minThis 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.
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WLS 64 Michael Longley reads A Sonnet for Michael Viney (repeat)
20/03/2020 Duration: 02minThis 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.
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WLS 63 Maria McManus reads Finch
13/03/2020 Duration: 02minMaria 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.
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WLS 62 Moyra Donaldson reads Suffering Jesus
06/03/2020 Duration: 01minMoyra 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.
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WLS 61 To That Rare and Deep-red Burnet Moth by Emily Lawless
28/02/2020 Duration: 02minSeán 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.
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WLS 60 Jane Clarke reads Pit Ponies of Glendasan
21/02/2020 Duration: 02minJane 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.
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WLS 59 Gerard Smyth reads Burning the Manuscripts
14/02/2020 Duration: 04minGerard 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.
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WLS 58 Eoin Devereux reads The Bullfield
07/02/2020 Duration: 02minIn 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.