I'm delighted to be kicking off this radio series on Near FM, a community radio station known for its initiative and support of the arts and local community.
Listen out!
Starting Monday April 3rd
@ 12.00 noon and running for an
entire year Near FM presents a new
radio series dedicated to poetry.
Poem of the Week invites you to listen to contributors recite some of
their favorite poems and talk about what these poems mean to them. Featuring
some of Ireland’s most exciting new voices such as Stephen James Smith, Jessica
Traynor, Kate Dempsey, and Alan Jude Moore alongside local people and community
activists from the North Dublin area, this series offers a unique and diverse
range of contributors.
Each week the featured poem
will also commemorate a significant date in the calender year fostering new and
challenging perspectives into poems you thought you knew. The poems have been
selected with the advice and support of Irelands outgoing Professor of Poetry
Paula Meehan.
“It
is a terrific idea - ambitious & perfect for radio” – Paula Meehan, Poet
Join us each Monday at noon
when Poem of the Week will bring you
back to poems you remember and enjoy, as well as introducing you to new poets
and capturing the reasons people love them.
For more
information on the poems and contributors featured please see www.nearfm.ie/poem-of-the-week/
Poem of the Week is
made with the support of the Broadcasting
Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee.
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