Songwriting Poets feat Jim Morrison, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan

Inspired by our conversation with Mike Garry about musicians writing poetry, we wanted to dedicate this episode to our favourite artists who also enjoy a poem or too.Leon owns a copy of  'The Lords And The New Creatures' by The Door's frontman Jim Morrison, his only poetry collection so we had to talk about him, his mad blood-drinking, pagan mentalness as well as share a poem from him.We take a look at a poem by Leonard Cohen taken from his collection 'The Flame' published in 2018 with thanks to his son, Adam Cohen. Spoiler: Leonard Cohen is funnier than you think.We talk about Patti Smith and her gift of painting pictures of global conflicts, delve into Bob Dylan's moodiness and strip back Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell to prove that most of her songs would have stood the test of time in poetry form without the music, even if we're glad there's music.Our agony aunt's job this week was to help someone struggling with the state of her country. Not one for Conor McGregor fans from the agony aunt this week.We wrap up the show with a beauty of a track from Caoimhe Weakliam with her song 'Hiding'Enjoy!Poems from the showLeonard Cohen - Thanks For The Dancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVsYz5rB8BwBob Dylan - Untitled poem https://www.hotpress.com/opinion/world-exclusive-the-early-poems-that-set-bob-dylan-on-the-road-to-a-nobel-prize-in-literature-22901386Patti Smith - The Writer's Songhttps://thedewdrop.org/2019/08/28/it-is-better-to-write-then-die-patti-smith/Jim Morrisson - Poem from The Lord and The New Creatureshttps://jimmorrison.com/Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Nowhttps://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=83Agony Aunt - Love Letter To My CountryCaoimhe Weakliam - Hidinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXciU7C9RF8Support the showOriginal music by Matthew Keating Artwork by Paddy DowneyIntroduction by Lisa DowneyProduced by Ryan Duggins