Seán Hewitt: Seán, Welcome to the second season of The Glimpse. It's
a place for poets, poems and you.
Victoria Kennefick: And so when I read this poem, I cried, I laughed
and I gasped.
Seán Hewitt: I'm your host. Seán Hewitt, poet and writer, and most
recently, the author of the novel Open Heaven. This season, we focus
on Irish poets and poetry,
Kit Fryatt: I talk to people who do have a real fluency in Irish, and
then I ignore them.
Seán Hewitt: Each episode, I'll speak with one poet about two
poems, one of their own, and another that has inspired their
work.
Parker Hibbett: I have like exclamation points written in the
book.
Jane Clarke: How do you stay really close to emotion and distance from
it? I think we need to do that as poets.
Stephen Sexton: I don't really know what's happening in this poem that
has not in any way diminished how much I love it
Seán Hewitt: From page to podcast, The Glimpse offers a peek behind
the process of poets and their poetry.
Nithy Kasa: The process is harder when you're being commissioned, but
the journey, especially when you get it right at the end, it's it's
always pride,
Míchéal McCann: I think, like all good poems, if you're thinking
about reception or historicity or whatever, it's gonna not be worth
toilet paper.
Seán Hewitt: Our guests this season include Míchéal McCann, Martina
Evans, Parker Hibbert, Nithy Kasa, Kit Fryatt, Victoria Kennefick,
Stephen Sexton and Jane Clarke.
Martina Evans: It's a joy to be hidden, but a disaster not to be
found.
Seán Hewitt: You can find Season Two of The Glimpse, starting March
18th. Wherever you get your podcasts. The Glimpse is an audio
production of the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
you.