s4e11 March 19, 2026
Mikey Cullen is a Dublin Poet, teacher, actor, filmmaker, lyricist and spoken word Artist. Described as ‘a tornado’; Mikey is equally comfortable and skilled at expressing the personal and universal in his work. A unique and indescribably captivating poet, one cannot help but listen to him. He describes poetry as an outlet and a weapon and is sure to leave his heart and soul on the stage during his performances, eliciting the same visceral emotion from his audience as that which he puts into his writing and stagecraft.
His poetry has been published in print numerous times including by Totally Dublin and his work is featured in a number of anthologies including Luain, Poetry is Dead and From Page to Stage. He has performed at Electric Picnic, All Together Now, Saint Patrick’s Festival and Feile na Phobail amongst many other festivals the length and breadth of Ireland. He is a regular collaborator with and sometimes host of the traditional Irish storytelling movement ‘Seanchoiche’. He has written for and collaborated with Guinness and the Irish women’s soccer team. Mikey has performed his poem ‘Home’ on the Pat Kenny Newstalk show, The Ray Darcy show and the RTE poetry show done a feature on him, along with numerous national radio, newspaper and TV appearances.
Mikey is a member of the Poetry Kiln collective. He is on the Writers in Schools programme with Poetry Ireland. A multidisciplinary artist, Mikey effortlessly transcends genres and mediums to express ‘what swims in his soul’, his experience and his sharp social critique. He has released a number of Hip-Hop songs and regularly collaborates with musicians of all kinds, providing poetic lyricism to an eclectic array of genres and forms. Mikey regularly uses his artform for activism, lending his voice to the Palestinian struggle and movements for Irish Unity and social equality. He has had a number of acting and voice over roles. He co-wrote, produced and acted in a short film ‘March of the Strawboys’ due for release in July 2025.
