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From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog

The "From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog" podcast is produced in Cork Ireland by poet Paul O"Mahony. It is an eclectic mix of topics - mainly about culture and society.

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Episode 26/30. ‘HARLEM’ performed by poet Langston...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/28

You hear Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967) perform his very short & influential poem ‘Harlem’. You also hear Paul O'Mahony read the poem - twice. (The second reading is a much better listen.) The poem is to be found In his book of 91 poems “Montage of a dream deferred”. _________________________ Harlem What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and

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18:57

“At the Fishhouses” - Elizabeth Bishop reads her poem...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/28

You hear Elizabeth Bishop reading her poem ‘At the Fishhouses” - introduced by Paul O’Mahony. You also hear Paul doing his best to do it justice. #NaPodPoMo—————— At the Fishhouses Although it is a cold evening, down by one of the fishhouses an old man sits netting, his net, in the gloaming almost invisible, a dark purple-brown, and his shuttle worn and polished. The air smells so strong of codfish it makes one’s nose run and one’s eyes water. The five fishhouses have steeply peaked roofs and

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“Darling” by Scottish poet Jackie Kay. Episode 24/30...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/27

Paul O’Mahony introduces Jackie Kay’s “Darling”. Jackie was born in Edinburgh in 1961 - her mother Scottish, her father Nigerian. You hear Jackie Kay reading her poem. You also hear Paul having a go at reading it #NaPodPoMo —————- DARLING You might forget the exact sound of her voice or how her face looked when sleeping. You might forget the sound of her quiet weeping curled into the shape of a half moon, when smaller than her self, she seemed already to be leaving before she left, when the

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11:29

Episode 23 Sylvia Plath READING POETRY - her poem...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/26

You hear the American poet Sylvia Plath read her poem “Tulips”. She wrote it while in hospital in 1961 after having her appendix removed. A friend sent her get-well flowers.You also hear Paul O'Mahony's reading - contributed to #NaPodPoMo (the podcasting challenge led by jennifer navarrete ————- TULIPS The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here. Look how white everything is, how quiet, how snowed-in. I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly As the light lies on these white

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10:29

Episode 22 “Chaos” poem by Paul O’Mahony #NaPodPoMo

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/24

Poem in honour of CongRegation - the unconference. Paul O’Mahony wrote this on Monday morning 24th November 2025 - after reading an email from Eoin Kennedy & replying. #NaPodPoMo 22/30 ———- Listen to the full series at https://napodpomo.org/napodpomo-2025-mega-feed/ Follow me on Spotify, Audioboom, and Apple Podcasts

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Episode 21. READING POETRY “Ithaca” by Theo Dorgan...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/24

You hear Theo Dorgan read his poem “Ithaca” dedicated to Leonard Cohen (with whom he shares a birthday). Paul O’Mahony also reads the poem twice. #NaPodPoMo ————- Ithaca for Leonard Cohen When you set out from Ithaca again, let it be autumn, early, the plane leaves falling as you go, for spring would shake you with its quickening, its whispers of youth. You will have earned the road down to the harbour, duty discharged, your toll of labour paid, the house four-square, your son in the full of

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Episode 20 READING POETRY - “Derigibles” by Derek...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/23

Day 20 of #NaPodPoMo Paul O'Mahony introduces Derek Mahon - he reads his poem Derigibles Paul reads Derek’s poem.Today I learned: It's never too late to come across a word that opens a window. DERIGIBLES We who used to drift superbly in mid-air, each a giant airship before ‘the last war’, shrink to a soft buzz about financial centres surprising visitors, hackers and bean counters in cloud-flown highrises. Cloud-slow, we snoop for hours on open-plan offices and

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9:39

Episode 19 “Sounds of Dublin City” poetry in motion...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/21

From Trinity College to Anne’s Street South. Walking up Grafton Street - stopping by buskers - passing shops - capturing a few voices on the street. #NaPodPoMo

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Episode 18 READING POETRY Jenny Joseph reads her poem...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/20

Day 18 of #NaPodPoMo Paul O'Mahony introduces Jenny Joseph - she reads her poem Warning. Paul reads Jenny’s poem.Today I learned: I Jenny Joseph’s reading performance is magnificent - almost as good as the poem itself. Read with vivacity. ————- WARNING When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement

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Episode 17 READING POETRY Amanda Gorman reads her...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/19

Day 17 of #NaPodPoMo Paul O'Mahony introduces Amanda Gorman - she reads her poem The Hill We Climb. The recording was made at the inauguration of President Joe Biden in January 2021. Paul reads Amanda's poem. Today I learned: It's a magnificent poem, performed with strength by an extraordinary woman. Listen to the full series at https://napodpomo.org/napodpomo-2025-mega-feed/ Follow me on Spotify, Audioboom, and Apple Podcasts

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READING POETRY "Adoration" by Paul O'Mahony...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/17

You hear Paul O'Mahony reading his poem "Adoration" - twice. " Dying to be remembered Dying to be loved Yearning to be celebrated who will prolong my life in a world where so much is forgotten almost before it has been born. ideas characters adventures, history, biography, and I return to dust dust they are, and dust they will remain. On the cutting floor there is no eternity. Good morning, good afternoon, good night. Good mourning " ________________ Image by artificial

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Day 15 of #napodpomo REFLECTIONS on first half of...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/17

Recorded by Paul O'Mahony on the morning of 17th

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7:23

Paula Meehan reads “The Ghost of my Mother Comforts...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/17

you hear Paula Meehan reading her . You hear Paul O’Mahony reading it twice. “The ghost of my mother comforts me. Do not fear daughter when they lift their sticks, their stones, when they hiss beneath their breaths fallen woman, adulteress breaker of marriage vows made before a holy priest to an honourable man for you daughter; there is no blame, for you no portion of guilt, for you’re made in my likeness. You can take the crucifixion from your voice. I will stroke your forehead till you

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7:32

READING POETRY - “Kingdoms of Heaven” by Denise...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/15

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#napodpomo 12/30 READING POETRY “Quarantine” by Eavan...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/13

You hear Eavan Boland reading her poem "Quarantine" - plus Paul O'Mahony reading it twice. Thursday at about 6pm. Quarantine In the worst hour of the worst season of the worst year of a whole people a man set out from the workhouse with his wife. He was walking—they were both walking—north. She was sick with famine fever and could not keep up. He lifted her and put her on his back. He walked like that west and west and north. Until at nightfall under freezing stars

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#Napodpomo READING POETRY - Robert Frost “Once by the...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/12

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#Napodpomo 10/30. "In Memory of WB Yeats". READING...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/11

You hear Auden read his poem twice. Paul O'Mahony reads it 1.3 times (including a few slips of his tongue.IN MEMORY OF W B YEATS "He disappeared in the dead of winter: The brooks were frozen, the airports almost deserted, And snow disfigured the public statues; The mercury sank in the mouth of the dying day. O all the instruments agree The day of his death was a dark cold day. Far from his illness The wolves ran on through the evergreen forests, The peasant river was untempted by the

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#napodpomo 9/30 READING POETRY “The Journey” by...

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/09

You hear poet Mary Oliver reading her poem “The Journey”. Paul O’Mahony reads the poem twice for #napodpomo.

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#napodpomo 8/30 Reflections on reading poetry

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/08

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Reflections on READING POETRY #napodpomo 8/30

From Cork With Love - by Paul O"Mahony @omaniblog ·

2025/11/08

Paul O’Mahony talks about his satisfactions during Days 1 - 7 of #Napodpomo

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