WordsLightlySpoken @LightlyWords
A podcast of poetry from Ireland. Funded by the Arts Council. facebook.com/Words-Lightly-… Ireland Joined January 2019-
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On #PoetryDayIRL you'll find all episodes of @LightlyWords on the @poetryireland website or search for 'words lightly spoken' on #Applepodcasts #Spotify & other platforms. So many to choose from! @poetryday_irl poetryireland.ie/news/words-lig…
Final episode of the season. Poems from #PoetryIrelandReview by #PaulaCunningham @iomhair_nic & @JimBMcElroy. Enormous thanks to @artscouncil_ie for funding @lightlywords in 2021. @poetryireland @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @poetrybusiness @thegallerypress traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet #Tony Curtis reads The Red-breasted Lookout on Xmas Eve in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @aosdana @poetrycandle @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo #ChristmasEve #poetry traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet #HughODonnell reads Barnacle Geese at Lissadell in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @LissadellHouse @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo #poetry traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet @EvaGriff reads snow-soft in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @brokensleep @ucdpoetry @soft_moth @the_lifeboat @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo @irishlitsoc #poetry traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet @DavidButlerBray reads Leaf Storm in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @doirepress @ucdpoetry @tcddublin @newislandbooks @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo @rte_culture #poetry traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet #4lirchild reads Trouble with Language in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @salmonpoetry @ucdpoetry @accessTCD @tcdenglish @MoLI_Museum @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo @festivalinvan #Dublin1 #irishpoetry traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet #TomTracey reads The Proposal in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo @culture_ireland @irishwritersctr @ILFDublin #Dublin #poetry traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet @someehan reads Killing Time in Francis Bacon’s Studio in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo @penn_emm @workingarchive #poetry traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet #JohnDKelly reads The Loss of Yellowhammers in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @acniwriting @artscouncilNI @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo @munsterlit #poetry #fermanagh traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet #FrankOrmsby @chairofpoetry reads The Last Leaf in the Garden in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @bloodaxebooks @englishatQUB @heaneycentre @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @irishtimesbooks traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet #BernadetteGallagher @cornacat reads her poem Coming Home in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @munlitcentre @englishucc @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo #poetry traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet #OrlaNiDhuill @naturallyorla reads her poem Watch it Burn in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @doirepress @nessao @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo #poetry traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet #PatrickCotter reads The Discoveries of Thomas Fynch in this week’s @LightlyWords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @dedaluspress @MunLitCentre @EnglishUCC @UCDPoetry @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @IrishTimesBooks @ReviewIndo #poetry traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Happy #InternationalPodcastDay! If you're not following the @EatTheStorms #podcast, why not? Rectify that now. 😀 🔊📻🎙📱🎧 Also recommended are @cpfpodcast, @onbeing @LightlyWords and @FrequencyHouse1's Dylan Thomas Homeplace Podcast.
It’s #InternationalPodcastDay & I’m a podcast SO I’M SHOUTING @EatTheStorms is available on 12 platforms including @Spotify @anchor @ApplePodcasts @podbean @pocketcasts @Castbox_fm @RadioPublic @PlayerFM & is on its 3rd season with 200+ global guests #StayBloodyPoetic 💙
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Poet @NiChurr reads Boy Soldiers in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @doirepress @thegallerypress @ucdpress @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo @dublinbookfest #poetry #northwestwriters traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Thanks to the wonderful @LightlyWords for creating this poetry space 🎤 @poetryireland @artscouncil_ie @TheGalleryPress @Doirepress @TheSongHouseIRL @booksirelandmag @KerryCoArts @PoetryProgRTE @Niamh__McCann
Poet @NiChurr reads Boy Soldiers in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @doirepress @thegallerypress @ucdpress @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo @dublinbookfest #poetry #northwestwriters traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Great to hear a poem by @chandrikanm on this week's @LightlyWords podcast! Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan contributed to Writing Home: The 'New Irish' Poets (Dedalus, 2019) 🎉 It's always a joy to read (or listen to!) her work. Listen to 'An Introduction': wordslightlyspoken.libsyn.com/wls-142-chandr…...
Poet #EndaCoyleGreene reads Visitors, Kidney Ward in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @dedaluspress @fingalpoetry @skerriesmills @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @poetryprogrte @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo #poetry traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
Poet @NiChurr reads Boy Soldiers in this week’s @lightlywords podcast funded by @artscouncil_ie. @poetryireland @doirepress @thegallerypress @ucdpress @ucdpoetry @MoLI_Museum @irishtimesbooks @reviewindo @dublinbookfest #poetry #northwestwriters traffic.libsyn.com/wordslightlysp…
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