Poems For Dead People

Ryan Kent is a poet, author, and musician whose works include Poems For Dead People (2014), This Is Why I Am Insane (2017), Hit Me When I’m Pretty (2019), and Everything Is On Fire: Selected Poems 2014–2021 (2025). He has co-authored three collections with Brett Lloyd and released the album Dying Comes With Age (2022 Rare Bird), featuring heavy metal icons like Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) and Jimmy Bower (Eye Hate God), Laura Pleasants (Kylesa) and Eugene Robinson (Oxbow).

Formerly the vocalist of the metal band Gritter (2008–2018), Ryan is working on new music, spoken works and poetry. His latest single, OH YEAH recorded under the moniker Poems For Dead People, features Blank Verse artist Charlie Glenn on guitar, and is a smoke-filled exercise in noir-pop accentuated by Kent’s signature baritone swagger.

+ Blank Verse Records is thrilled to announce the release of “It Is Howling Here”, the latest single from Poems For Dead People, created in collaboration with electronic project Intertitle. The track is now available on all major streaming platforms. A noir-electronic meditation on isolation and resonance, “It Is Howling Here” layers Intertitle’s moody electro soundscapes with the evocative vocals of Ryan Kent, recorded in a separate session and later woven into the track’s haunting architecture. The result is a shadowy, immersive experience that blurs the line between spoken word and sonic abstraction.

“We wanted the track to feel like a transmission from a forgotten frequency,” says a representative from Blank Verse Records. “It’s a piece that lives in the margins—between poetry and pulse, memory and machinery.”

This release marks a bold evolution for both acts, showcasing their shared affinity for atmosphere, tension, and emotional depth. 

Ryan has been proudly alcohol-free since 2018.

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