Emily Dickinson, Harry Baker And A Tribute To Paddy Downey

The Poetry's Dead Podcast

A special PACKED episode for you after a short break which we are very excited to share.
We pay tribute to our own Paddy Downey, who not only created the logo for our show, but was also a poet himself. We heard the incredibly sad news that Paddy had passed a few weeks ago, so we asked his daughter Lisa (who is the voice of our show's intro) to come on and talk about her dad, which she did beautifully.
After a touching start, we talk about Emily Dickinson as a influence on society even if she wasn't able to see her own work land the way it did during her own lifetime.
Harry Baker shows us how its done next with a snippet from his latest book 'Wonderful' that makes us all look very amateur, indeed.
We giggle in the words of Aine Budds, who brings to our table (she's a chef, get it!) a bit of seasoning that we need in our lives with her poem, 'Greasy Love'
Fingal Poetry Slam winner Kev Kennedy comes through with his piece Mankee Candle, before Leon answers our Agony Aunt section with a poem to help someone struggling with keeping to a routine
We missed you, and we hope you kinda missed us too :)
Ryan and Leon
Poems from the show
Paddy Downey - Dublin Zoo
@poemsbypaddy On Instagram
Lisa Downey - My Daddy Paddy
Emily Dickinson - 'Hope' Is The Thing With Feathers
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42889/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-314
Harry Baker - Ingrid
https://www.harrybaker.co/store
Aine Budds - Greasy Love
@flowerbudds On Instagram
Kev Kennedy - Mankee Candle
@heavy_keavvy_ On Instagram
Leon Dunne - Routine
Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey