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EPISODE · Mar 16, 2026 · 1H 2M

Swear Words, Leo Tolstoy and Charles Bukowski At A Pasadena Orgy

from The Poetry's Dead Podcast · host Ryan Duggins and Leon Dunne

Not sure what was in the water this week, but f*** me do we have some awful language in the podcastWe celebrate the swearers on this week’s podcast, from Jan Brierton reciting her poem ‘Dear Body’ on The Tommy Tiernan show to Charles Bukowski’s dirty-words ridden story about an orgy in Pasadena.We somehow squeeze in a conversation about Russian literature between the effing and jeffing, as well as help someone struggling with finding the energy to write with the help of our returning Agony AuntMusic this week is from Throwing Snow and Daragh Fleming with a world exclusive of their unreleased track ‘The Welfare Of Forgotten Things’.If the kids are listening this week,we can only apologise Poems from the podcast Jan Brierton - Dear Bodyhttps://www.newisland.ie/shop/p/what-day-is-itRyan Duggins - F***https://amzn.eu/d/0i008OlSPhilip Larkin - Home Is So Sadhttps://poets.org/poem/home-so-sadJessie Welles recites Leo Tolstoy on warhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DSKz4DiDLAB/Charles Bukowski - Notes From A Dirty Old Manhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/402924/notes-of-a-dirty-old-man-by-bukowski-charles/9780753513828Music by Throwing Snow and Daragh Fleming https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/track/pedalling-feat-daragh-flemingSupport the showOriginal music by Matthew Keating Artwork by Paddy DowneyIntroduction by Lisa DowneyProduced by Ryan Duggins

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Not sure what was in the water this week, but f*** me do we have some awful language in the podcast We celebrate the swearers on this week’s podcast, from Jan Brierton reciting her poem ‘Dear Body’ on The Tommy Tiernan show to Charles Bukowski’s dirty-words ridden story about an orgy in Pasadena. We somehow squeeze in a conversation about Russian literature between the effing and jeffing, as well as help someone struggling with finding the energy to write with the help of our returning Ag...

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