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Flahoolic: A Poetry Podcast is produced by Mary Dalton, Poet Laureate of the City of St. John's (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), in association with CHMR-FM.
The seventh episode, which is a little over six minutes long, is entitled Flahoolic -- Episode 7 -- Merrybegot Poems
and can be accessed on Soundcloud at
https://soundcloud.com/user-461515266/flahoolic-episode-7-merrybegot-poems
or by searching for Flahoolic on iTunes.
In this episode, Mary shares some poems from her award-winning third
collection of poetry, Merrybegot (Vehicule Press, 2003). Music by Chris
McGee.
The eighth episode, which is five minutes long, is entitled
Flahoolic -- Episode 8 -- Faery-Struck & I Rolled Smokes
and can be accessed on Soundcloud at
https://soundcloud.com/user-461515266/flahoolic-episode-8-faery-struck-i- rolled-smokes
or by searching for Flahoolic on iTunes.
In this episode, Mary explores the richness of Newfoundland speech, and features a piece by fellow poet and St. John's City Councillor Maggie Burton. Music by Chris McGee.
All eight episodes can be accessed on Soundcloud at
https://soundcloud.com/user-461515266
or, again, on iTunes.
Flahoolic is an Irish word meaning wonderfully generous, and can be found in The Dictionary of Newfoundland English.
For more information, contact
yytpoetry@gmail.com .
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