Edgar Allen Poe, Benjamin Zephaniah and Parenting

The Poetry's Dead Podcast

Happy Easter Everyone!
Not that we are going to church or anything, but we have a few days off the rat-race so thank you Jesus and all that were involved for such a gift!
As we mumble through eating our chocolate eggs, we have a ton of lovely stuff on this week's episode.
We tribute the late Benjamin Zephaniah and his work to help those impacted by a true modern British atrocity, the Windrush Scandal
We then go into 'Mr Cheerful' himself Edgar Allen Poe and talk about his brilliance as a poet and storyteller.
We share the stresses of being a budding writer in 2024 through the story of Lee Sheridan, who started his own publishing company in defiance of rejections of his work.
Mikey Cullen then comes through with a much needed vacation poem that we know you're going to love
We end with our Agony Aunt section where we have a disgruntled parent wanting to give their kids a bit of a kick, and we assist with poems from Hollie McNish as well as a poem from Leon himself.
As always, give us a like and a follow and Happy Fecking Easter
Poems from the episode:
Benjamin Zephaniah - People Need People
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/benjamin-zephaniah-people-will-always-need-people
Edgar Allen Poe - A Dream Within A Dream
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52829/a-dream-within-a-dream
Lee Sheridan - The Place To Be
https://www.writing.ie/member-authors/lee-sheridan/
Mikey Cullen - Elysium
Instagram - @mikey___cullen
Hollie McNish - Do You Remember?
https://holliepoetry.com/2015/09/17/nobody-told-me/
Leon Dunne - The Shed
Instagram - @nomanticz

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Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey