Poetry Says

“…you can’t sweeten me and I can’t comfort you.” Aeneas Remembers Domestic Bliss by Dorothy Porter Thank you (in order of appearance): Stu, Matthew, Shona (& Leela), Andrea, Felicity, Bec, Zara, Ethan, Anna, Liam, and Lou. Dorothy Porter books referenced: The Bee Hut, Crete, The Monkey’s Mask, Akhenaten Matthew’s poem Another Achilles

The biscuits were actually pretty good in the end. Time Machines by Caroline Williamson Sonic Poetry Festival sick leave Compass Pizza John Olsen Paul Klee Frank O’Hara Ken Bolton Pam Brown Gerry Burrowes Michael Farrell Newcastle Poetry Prize Gareth Morgan Harry Reid Adelstrop by Edward Thomas Matt, Matthew, Elijah Philip Larkin Judith Rodriguez Tom Shapcott … Continue reading "Ep 236. Sincerely, Caroline Williamson"

“We were never married, Dido.” Joshua Mehigan Last year’s Forbes eps: part 1 & part 2 Dorothy Porter Aeneas Remembers Domestic Bliss Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton The Aeneid  Lou = Louise Carter Christopher Brennan Award The Monkey’s Mask The Bee Hut Love Poems The … Continue reading "Ep 235. Dorothy Porter’s Aeneas pt. 1"

Declaring literary bankruptcy. Lyn Hejinian’s My LifeJess WilkinsonBonny CassidyLanguage poetryRon Silliman’s The AlphabetModPo video on My LifeDr. Elese DowdenGround Provisions by Tonika Sealy Thomson Stefano HarneyMatthew’s excellent interview with Shane McRaeThe Brick interview with Percival EverettMythology by Edith HamiltonTrue Stories by Helen GarnerTime Capsule by David IrelandHEATParadise BooksSainsburys Books (Camberwell not Hawthorn, great poetry collection)Crazy … Continue reading "Ep. 234 Not reading My Life"

The Last Days of Foxtrot. Elijah’s episode on Hart Crane Upcoming courses at the Melbourne School of Literature Come to the launch of Golden Repair! Ep 229. Vintage gossip My Tongue is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood by Ann-Marie Priest The Literature of Australia edited by Geoffrey Dutton Evan Jones Norman Lindsay Vision, … Continue reading "Ep 233. A pleasure out of hell"

Sorry if it’s complicated. Truncated show notes Bundle O’ Books Making Your Own Days by Kenneth Koch My Tongue is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood by Ann-Marie Priest Cain Named the Animal by Shane McRae

A casual chat about psychoanalysis, feminism & The Voice. Alison J Barton Lacan Freud Justin Clemens You Will Not Know In Advance What You’ll Feel by Antonia Pont Kimberlé Crenshaw’s theory of intersectionality The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (‘The Voice’) Williamstown Literary Festival Ep 96. with Jeanine Leane Ep 70. with Claire Gaskin … Continue reading "Ep 231. On the couch with Alison J Barton"

I made one cut in the intro because a pause was too long i’m so sorry Show notes The I Hate Matt Wall Poetry Podcast Matt’s interview with me The Blood Rag & The Bloodshed Review Matt’s episode about poets not promoting their work Matt’s episode about AI Matt’s books & chapbooks The Poetic Anarchy … Continue reading "Ep 230. Matt Wall is sick of being angry"

Messrs Poetry on what is excellent, bad, fatal, useless, tame, “fluxive” & the best. Show notes Ep 228. with Ken Bolton The New Australian Poetry edited by John Tranter A Possible Contemporary Poetry: Interviews with thirteen poets from The New Australian Poetry by Martin Duwell New Poetry edited by Robert Adamson (I’m reading from Vol. … Continue reading "Ep 229. Vintage gossip"

“Head first into the beautiful accident.” Ken BoltonKen’s poem Beginning at Basheer’s Coffee ShopThe Australian Experimental Art FoundationImprints BooksellersJohn TranterErn MalleyRobert AdamsonLaurie DugganPam BrownJohn ForbesDazed in the Ladies Lounge by John TranterOde to Col Joye, Tranter’s cheeky poem for KenCoalcliffJohn JenkinsJacket magazineAlan WearneJohn A. ScottGig Ryan‘The anthology’: The New Australian Poetry edited by TranterJennifer MaidenThe … Continue reading "Ep 228. Ken Bolton: Generations telling each other jokes"