James Mooney The Wandering Paddy
Two apps for iPhone

Poems, read
aloud, when
you need them

Some poems are better heard than read — especially at three in the morning, when you don't want to hold a book and you don't want advice. Both apps are my own voice, my own words, and nothing else in the room.

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The Listening Room
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Grief Poems
For the long nights

TWP The Listening Room

Nineteen original spoken word poems, each one wrapped in its own colour of light. As a poem plays the screen glows in colours chosen to match its feeling, with a slow drift of light and a waveform moving to the voice. Everything is inside the app — nothing to stream, no sign-up. Open it, press play, and listen.

  • —Nineteen poems, written and read by me
  • —A colour and a waveform for every poem
  • —Works offline · no account, no tracking
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For the worst weeks

TWP Grief Poems

The grief poems on their own, away from everything else. For the days after a funeral, the anniversary you'd forgotten was coming, and the ordinary Tuesday that knocks you sideways. No stages, no steps, no advice — just someone who has been there saying it out loud.

  • —Poems for loss, read aloud
  • —The grief poems gathered in one place
  • —Something to hand to someone who can't be reached with words
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Which one

If you're grieving, start with Grief Poems. If you just want the poems in your ear while the kettle boils, that's The Listening Room.

Buy once, keep them — no subscription, and nothing to stream. The apps, the books and the prints are how the writing keeps going, and telling one other person is worth more than any advert I could buy.