# Derek Mahon
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derek mahon (23 November 1941 – 1 October 2020) was an Irish poet. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland but lived in a number of cities around the world. At his passing it was noted that his "influence in the Irish poetry community, literary world and society at large, and his legacy, is immense". .
Ep 05 Space for Poetry
John talks to poet, editor, academic, and publisher, Peter Fallon, a pivotal figure in modern Irish letters, about Gallery Press, Ireland's pre-eminent poetry house, which he founded at eighteen years old while a student at Trinity College Dublin. They discuss Peters formative experiences leading t…
Episode 20 READING POETRY - “Derigibles” by Derek Mahon #NaPodPoMo
Day 20 of #NaPodPoMo Paul O'Mahony introduces Derek Mahon - he reads his poem Derigibles Paul reads Derek’s poem.Today I learned: It's never too late to come across a word that opens a window.DERIGIBLESWe who used to drift superbly in mid-air,each a giant airship before ‘the last war’…
Words That Changed Your Life - Grian Chatten, Derek Mahon, John O'Donoghue And More
Words That Changed Your Life
We opened last week’s show with a clip from Hollywood actor Bill Murray talking about art. He shared a story about how, on his darkest day, he was saved by a painting in a Chicago gallery that gave him the hope he needed to keep going. We thought we’d ask our listeners …
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Most poets write under their given names – Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Denise Riley, Elizabeth Bishop. Some on the other hand use pseudonyms; there is no such person as Biddy Jenkinson, except in her poems; Pablo Neruda was born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto in order not t…
“Washing Up” - a poem by Derek Mahon
Brendan played a recording of actor Stephen Rea reciting the Derek Mahon poem, Washing Up. The recording was originally broadcast as part of the RTÉ Television series Tradfest: the Dublin Sessions.https://www.rte.ie/player/series/tradfest/SI0000008433?epguid=AI10025776-04-0002]The poem is included …
An Interview with Poet Stephen de Búrca
Poet Stephen de Búrca joins me on Words That Burn to talk through his debut collection Atlantic Fret, published by The Gallery Press; a book where sea mist and anxiety share a single word, and where the Atlantic carries both personal grief and the weight of the climate crisis.
Stephen explains how …
"A Poem Can Fundamentally Change Someone’s Mood" — Deborah Alma
Can a poem really change how you feel?
My guest this week is Deborah Alma, poet, editor and founder of The Poetry Pharmacy, where poems are prescribed for the emotional ailments of everyday life.
Deborah’s thought kept is: “A poem can fundamentally change someone’s mood.” It’s an idea that began wh…
35 - Daragh Fleming - Teenage Wasteland
Writer, poet, mental health advocate and proud Cork man Daragh Fleming delivers an enriching Teenage Wasteland across poets Derek Mahon, Seamus Heaney, Frank O'Hara; Hip-Hop & AC/DC; the art that is basketball and chats about his recent book - A Brief Inhalation.
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