Sep 24, 2026 · 51 min · 18 segments
Prolific Welsh poet Patrick Jones joins the James Kennedy Podcast to talk about his powerful new collection of poems, inspired by his visit to Palestine called 'Antidotes to Dissolution'. We discuss…
Patrick JonesGuest
James KennedyHost
I mean, like you said, the amazing people that you met and you describe it so beautifully in the poem, The Heart is a Security Risk.
I've heard you read that and it's a stunning piece, which really does capture, you know, everything beautiful about the people and the place and your visit.
What you're leaving behind and what you're coming back to your safe, lovely green life in the valleys and the situation out there.
That must have been such a difficult, bittersweet, heart-wrenching paradox of an experience.
Yeah, it was because, you know, you have such beautiful times there, you know, and talking and just, you know, sharing drinks and food.
You know, Palestinians are so generous with their food sharing and that communal spirit.
leaving behind that you know that they still got to deal with those snipers on the edge of their home streets.
Their villages are blocked off, like Blackwood would have a gate on it saying, no, you cannot leave or you cannot go into your hometown.
And there's nothing you can do about it because, as you know, you might phone the police or, you know, the army turn up.
I mean, like you said, the amazing people that you met and you describe it so beautifully in the poem, The Heart is a Security Risk.
I've heard you read that and it's a stunning piece, which really does capture, you know, everything beautiful about the people and the place and your visit.
What you're leaving behind and what you're coming back to your safe, lovely green life in the valleys and the situation out there.
That must have been such a difficult, bittersweet, heart-wrenching paradox of an experience.
Yeah, it was because, you know, you have such beautiful times there, you know, and talking and just, you know, sharing drinks and food.
You know, Palestinians are so generous with their food sharing and that communal spirit.
leaving behind that you know that they still got to deal with those snipers on the edge of their home streets.
Their villages are blocked off, like Blackwood would have a gate on it saying, no, you cannot leave or you cannot go into your hometown.
And there's nothing you can do about it because, as you know, you might phone the police or, you know, the army turn up.
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