Short Listens
Old and Tough / As love
Moya Cannon reads her poem 'Pollen' in which she describes the powdery grain as 'old and tough / as love'.
Lowering the Heart Rate
A Mind at Work
Anne Enright on how writing consumes her life, on moving beyond comprehension reading Ulysses, and feeling the 'pang of loss' when a piece of writing is finished.
On Pollution
Across two prescient articles from her Long Distance columns, Kate O'Brien writes about hygiene, pollution, packaging and biodiversity loss.
The Gravity Wave
Words Lightly Spoken
Peter Sirr on how the violent collisions of black holes in space translate into a love poem.
A Sonnet for Michael Viney
Words Lightly Spoken
Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast about poetry from Ireland, is a Rockfinch production, funded by the Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.