On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way Gregory Kearns speaks to Shannon Kuta Kelly about synaesthesia, how music influences poetry, and the process of embedding lizards.
Shannon Kuta Kelly is a poet and musician based in Belfast. She is a fellow at the Seamus Heaney Centre and her debut collection The Tree is Missing is published by Faber and Faber.
Books and other things
The Tree Is Missing: https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571395576-the-tree-is-missing/
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Things to read/watch/listen/etc in relationship to this interview:
Words That Burn podcast interview with Shannon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg8PuoEOxO4&t=97s
Ecolit review of The Tree Is Missing: https://ecolitbooks.com/2026/05/04/shannon-kuta-kelly-the-tree-is-missing-book-review/
Macha Press website: https://www.machapress.com/
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