Edgar Allen Poe, Benjamin Zephaniah and Parenting

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 ScandalWe 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 loveWe 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 EasterPoems from the episode:Benjamin Zephaniah - People Need Peoplehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/benjamin-zephaniah-people-will-always-need-peopleEdgar Allen Poe - A Dream Within A Dreamhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52829/a-dream-within-a-dreamLee Sheridan - The Place To Behttps://www.writing.ie/member-authors/lee-sheridan/Mikey Cullen - Elysium Instagram - @mikey___cullenHollie McNish - Do You Remember?https://holliepoetry.com/2015/09/17/nobody-told-me/Leon Dunne - The ShedInstagram - @nomanticzSupport the showOriginal music by Matthew Keating Artwork by Paddy DowneyIntroduction by Lisa DowneyProduced by Ryan Duggins