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Jessica Traynor
Season 9 · Episode 4

Jessica Traynor

Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast

January 31, 202443m 33s

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Show Notes

The Irish poet, Jessica Traynor, explores one of Frank’s favourite subjects – ageing performers who don’t know when to quit. The collection referenced is ‘Pit Lullabies’ by Jessica Traynor. The cycle of poems referenced is ‘An Island Sings’. The poems referenced are ‘The Parent’s Song’, ‘Song of the Insomniac’ and ‘Nureyev in Dublin’.

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