Southword Poetry Podcast
Episodes
Eilean Ni Chuilleanáin: The Map of the World
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter discussion(11:01) – Eilean Ni Chuilleanáin interview(01:02:57) – Southword poem, Roadkill i...
Mary O'Malley: The Shark Nursery
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter discussion(04:21) – Mary O'Malley interview(52:30) – Southword poem, The Burial of Ten-...
Aifric Mac Aodha: Old Friends
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter discussion(03:04) – Aifric Mac Aodha interview(42:06) – Southword poem, Mermaid Archipelago ...
Isabelle Baafi: Chaotic Good
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter discussion(06:39) – Isabelle Baafi interview(40:41) – Southword poem, Aching Embouchure by E...
Gerry Murphy: The Humours of Nothingness
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter discussion(08:38) – Gerry Murphy interview(47:21) – Southword poem, Mrs. Violet Club by Poli...
David Nash: No Man's Land
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter discussion(03:09) – David Nash interview(48:19) – Southword poem, Soap and Bones by Jerm Cur...
Joyelle McSweeney: Death Styles
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter discussion(03:20) – Joyelle McSweeney interview(54:50) – Southword poem, Another Beginning b...
Traci Brimhall: Love Prodigal
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter discussion(11:24) – Traci Brimhall interview(57:24) – Southword poem, The Orange by Viviana ...
Michael O’Loughlin: Liberty Hall
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter discussion(07:47) – Michael O’Loughlin interview(01:02:15) – Southword poem, Before I stil...
Matthew Dickman: Husbandry
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and James O’Leary Discussion(03:30) – Matthew Dickman interview(56:35) – Southword poem, Missing by Daragh By...
John W. Sexton: Visions at Templeglantine
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and James O’Leary Discussion(02:46) - John W. Sexton interview(01:00:32) - Southword poem, Doors Opening, Doors C...
Gail McConnell: The Sun Is Open
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and James O’Leary Discussion(03:32) - Gail McConnell interview(01:01:50) - Southword poem, 13.58, January 28th 20...
Paisley Rekdal: West A Translation
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) - Paisley Rekdal interview(53:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion(01:03:15) - Southword poem, Waiting for the baby by A...
Deborah Paredez: Year of the Dog
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and James O'Leary Discussion(04:55) - Deborah Paredez interview(58:00) - Southword poem, Mother Tongue by Grace ...
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh: Tonn Teaspaigh agus Dánta Eile
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion(08:35) - Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh interview(55:48) - Southword poem, A South Ulster Homes...
Martín Espada: Floaters
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(00:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion(08:43) - Martín Espada interview(01:14:46) - Southword poem, When Our Mother Dies by J...
Thomas McCarthy: Prophecy
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(0:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion(24:23) - Thomas McCarthy interview(1:06:53) - Southword poem, The Woman Who Used To Blee...
Abigail Parry: I Think We're Alone Now
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(0:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and James O'Leary Discussion(4:00) - Abigail Parry interview(47:23) - Southword poem, My Poetry Isn’t Art Enoug...
Paddy Bushe: Peripheral Vision
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(0:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion(7:34) - Paddy Bushe interview(51:48) - Southword poem, Perault's Wolf by Tracy Gaug...
Paul Muldoon: Howdie-Skelp
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Muldoon is the author of fourteen collections of poetry, including Moy Sand and Gravel, for which he received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry,...
Ishion Hutchinson: House of Lords and Commons
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ishion Hutchinson was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica. He is the author of two poetry collections: Far District and House of Lords and Commons. He is th...
Susannah Dickey: Oh!
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Susannah Dickey grew up in Derry and now lives in London. She is the author of four poetry pamphlets, I had some very slight concerns (2017), genuine ...
Dean Browne: Kitchens at Night
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Browne won the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2021 and his pamphlet, Kitchens at Night, was a winner of the Poetry Business International Pamphlet Com...
Molly Twomey: Raised Among Vultures
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Molly Twomey grew up in Lismore, County Waterford, and graduated in 2019 with an MA in Creative Writing from University College Cork. She has been pub...
Shangyang Fang: Burying the Mountain
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shangyang Fang grew up in Chengdu, China, and composes poems both in English and Chinese. While studying civil engineering at University of Illinois, ...
Ciaran O'Driscoll: Angel Hour
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ciaran O’Driscoll lives in Limerick. A member of Aosdána, he has published ten books of poetry, including Gog and Magog (1987), Moving On, Still Th...
Jenna Clake: Museum of Ice Cream
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Clake's debut collection of poetry Fortune Cookie won the Melita Hume prize in 2016, and was published in 2017 by Eyewear. It received an E...
Cameron Awkward-Rich: Dispatch
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cameron Awkward-Rich is the author of two collections of poetry: Sympathetic Little Monster (Ricochet Editions, 2016) and Dispatch (Persea Books, 2019...
Victoria Kennefick: Eat or We Both Starve
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Kennefick's debut poetry collection, Eat or We Both Starve (Carcanet, 2021), won the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2022 an...
Episode 1 Coming 1st August
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Southword Poetry Podcast, hosted by Sarah Byrne, launches it's first episode on 1st August with guest poet Victoria Kennefick. Released every...