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‘Back Up Quick They’re Hippies’

Words Lightly Spoken

2'49"

Lani O’Hanlon reads her poem Back Up Quick They’re Hippies in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken.

In the poem, Lani recalls a hairy situation as her parents mistakenly pull into a hippy commune while on holiday in the South-West of England. She also recollects on a personal rebellion she carries out back home. The poem was first published in Poetry Magazine in Chicago.

Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast about poetry from Ireland, is a Rockfinch production, funded by the Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

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