Sinopsis
A podcast of poetry from Ireland
Episodios
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WLS 97 Grace Wilentz reads Summer Accomplishments, After Death
06/11/2020 Duración: 02minGrace Wilentz reads her poem Summer Accomplishments, After Death in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from her collection The Limit of Light, published by The Gallery Press.
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WLS 96 Mark Ward reads Sleep Over
30/10/2020 Duración: 01minMark Ward reads his poem Sleep Over in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Mark’s most recent chapbook, Carcass, was published in 2020 by Seven Kitchens Press.
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WLS 95 Polina Cosgrave reads Self-portrait
23/10/2020 Duración: 02minPolina Cosgrave reads her poem Self-portrait in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from her collection My Name Is..., published by Dedalus Press.
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WLS 94 Laurence O'Dwyer reads Mahon Falls (repeat)
16/10/2020 Duración: 03minA chance to hear again Laurence O’Dwyer reading his poem Mahon Falls in an episode of Words Lightly Spoken from September 2019. The poem is from his collection Tractography, published by Templar Poetry. This podcast was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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WLS 93 Peter Sirr reads The Gravity Wave (repeat)
09/10/2020 Duración: 02minA chance to hear again Peter Sirr reading his poem The Gravity Wave from an episode of Words Lightly Spoken first broadcast in March 2019. Peter’s work is published by The Gallery Press.
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WLS 92 Michael O’Loughlin reads Talith
02/10/2020 Duración: 02minMichael O’Loughlin reads his poem Talith in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from his collection Poems 1980-2015, published by New Island Books.
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WLS 91 David Murphy reads Bolivia
25/09/2020 Duración: 02minDavid Murphy reads his poem Bolivia in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from his collection Drowning in the Desert, published by Revival Press. It was a prize-winner at the 2018 Red Line Book Festival.
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WLS 90 Jane Robinson reads At the Stop Sign
18/09/2020 Duración: 04minJane Robinson reads her poem At the Stop Sign in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from her collection Journey to the Sleeping Whale, published by Salmon Poetry. It won the 2014 Strokestown Poetry Award.
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WLS 89 Andrew Carpenter reads from a verse-letter by Olivia Elder
11/09/2020 Duración: 03minAndrew Carpenter reads from the verse-letter To Mrs A.C.H., an account of the Authors manner of spending her time by Olivia Elder (1735-1780) in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. Her work will feature in Acts of Attention: rediscovering Irish women poets, forthcoming from Cork University Press in 2021.
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WLS 88 Susan Connolly reads Woman in a Black Hat
04/09/2020 Duración: 04minSusan Connolly reads her poem Woman in a Black Hat in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from her collection The Orchard Keeper, published by Shearsman.
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WLS 87 Rita Ann Higgins reads Homage (repeat)
28/08/2020 Duración: 03minA 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.
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WLS 86 Anamaria Crowe Serrano reads Frontiers (repeat)
21/08/2020 Duración: 04minA 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.
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WLS 85 Sean Hewitt reads Ghost (repeat)
14/08/2020 Duración: 04minA 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.
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WLS 84 Freddie Trevaskis Hoskin reads To Most of You (repeat)
07/08/2020 Duración: 02minA 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.
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WLS 83 Gerald Dawe reads Lullaby by Francis Ledwidge (repeat)
31/07/2020 Duración: 04minPoet 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.
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WLS 82 Jean O'Brien reads Once I Woke (repeat)
24/07/2020 Duración: 03minA 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.
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WLS 81 Angela Finn reads Burnout (repeat)
17/07/2020 Duración: 03minA 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.
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WLS 80 Jonathan C Creasy reads Generation (repeat)
10/07/2020 Duración: 01minA 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.
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WLS 79 Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe reads Be/cause (repeat)
03/07/2020 Duración: 03minA 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.
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WLS 78 Paddy Bushe reads Our Lady of Cúm a' Chiste (repeat)
26/06/2020 Duración: 03minA 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.