Poetry Says

Stop rock climbing, interrogate your life. Show notes Dom Symes’ book I Saw the Best Memes of My Generation Ken Bolton Thom Gunn Mick Jagger and David Bowie ‘were lovers’ La Mama Poetica Ep 209. Funny ha ha On The Beach: A Bicentennial Poem by John Forbes If I Had a Gun by Gig Ryan pi … Continue reading "Ep 260. Dom Symes: Trojan Horse of emotion"

Sha-la-la-la, la-la-la, la. Show notes Sharks’ Teeth by Kay Ryan Ratbag Poetics Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag The Volcano Lover Past Present Future with David Runciman Desperately Seeking Susan by Terry Castle Against Interpretation If Not, Winter (Carson’s Sappho) Fagles’ Aeneid Blue Poles by Jackson Pollock Letterboxd Richard Brody In America The Bear True … Continue reading "Ep 259. It means what it says"

Questioning the promised land. Show notes Chinese Fish by Grace Yee The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Grace’s interview with Liminal Magazine Nadia Niaz Ep 118. Alison Whittaker  Ep 216. Mindy Gill Ep 221. pi o and Collective Effort Jess Wilkinson’s maironette: a biography of miss marion davies Ep 251. The Poet Eaters (on reviews) Ep 256. Antarctica Yellow Notebook: Diaries … Continue reading "Ep 258. Grace Yee: I did not anticipate this"

“The movie with Jason Alexander.” Show notes Ep 215. The collapsing building Ep 235. Dorothy Porter’s Aeneas pt. 1 Here’s a playlist of all the songs Love Again by Philip Larkin Love Poem by John Forbes is in his Collected Poems While We Were Arguing by Jane Kenyon Confined Love by John Donne Balkan by David Brooks … Continue reading "Ep 257. Heartbreak Voltron"

My tribute to The Big Chill. Show notes Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday by Rachel Zucker In The Park by Gwen Harwood Jane Kenyon The Black Art by Anne Sexton Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.comSister show: SLEERICKETS

Dear Penguin Random House… Show notes Avenue Bookstore Faber & Faber’s “liberty” poetry diary, normal poetry diary & journal Feud: Capote vs. The Swans Answered Prayers by Truman Capote As You Know, Bob Uncertainty Principle at Dawn by Catherine Barnett Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets Nightmare Magazine Uncanny Magazine Adam Ford John Mateer Ep 228. with Ken … Continue reading "Ep 255. Loose Unit"

Productivity & wellness tips for poets! Show notes Antonia Pont The article we discuss isn’t published (yet), but I’m sure we can slip you a copy if you’d like… Antonia’s essays The anatomy of a trigger, The Writer Antonia Pont vs. Envy and Against (the Very Idea of) Procrastination Ep 122. Pessimism is very imprecise … Continue reading "Ep 254. Antonia Pont: Good for nothing"

Now, it’s all up to the judges. Show notes Love poem dedications coming up on Ratbag Poetics! My interview with Matthew about his beautiful book Midlife Ep 251. The Poet Eaters Adam of Chewton Ep 252. with Geoff Page The Compulsive Reader Me fail? I fly! SLEERICKETS Ep 14: Motherfucker of the Arts on Ben … Continue reading "Ep 253. Stake night"

Vale Alex Phemister. Show notes Geoff Page’s latest books 101 Poems (2011-2021) and Penultima Ep 251. The Poet Eaters The Poet Tasters by Ben Etherington Obscurity in Poetry: A Spectrum Ep 215. The collapsing building Ep 212. Paul Kane Smiths Alternative Geoff’s reviews in ABR C.P. Cavafy Bundah Forever! Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.comSister show: SLEERICKETS

Look at this ‘graph. Show notes My interview with Aaron Irwin The Poet Tasters by Ben Etherington milk and honey by Rupi Kaur Kate Baer Peter Craven Martin Duwell’s Australian Poetry Review Ep 196. James Jiang: A certain claustrophobia The journals: Cordite, Australian Book Review, Rochford Street Review, Mascara, Southerly, Rabbit, Sydney Review of Books, Quadrant, … Continue reading "Ep 251. The Poet Eaters"

My sign is vital, my hands are cold. Show notes I have a new mic setup and can hear I need to use my pop screen. I will. I’m so over you, LRB podcast The Best of Australian Poems 2023 Eat Carpet David Sims’ Letterboxd reviews SLEERICKETS Ep 1: That Poetry Voice Louise Glück reading … Continue reading "Ep 250. A preference for abandon"

(And at Christmas you tell the truth.) You’re the best, John! Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.comSister show: SLEERICKETS

Staring at the sky, spinning in a circle. Ep. 246. on Spotify Wrapped etc. Grant Theft Auto IV Dorothy Porter John Forbes The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics Didion’s quote about writing as a hostile act Ep. 157 pov u r the hot ex Versed by Rae Armantrout Glass and God by Anne … Continue reading "Ep 248. You"

Alice gets really angry at a flower. Show notes The fucking flower An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow by Les Murray The Sydney Push The Barron Field Experience: On Fascism (the unfuckable bodies edition) Barron Field x Poetry Says Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.comSister show: SLEERICKETS

Three parts lunatic, one part yahoo, and one part potentially human. Show notes Spotify Wrapped Greek Tragedy by The Wombats Australian Poetry Now edited by Thomas Shapcott St Helens Books Sun Books and their impressive catalogue Barjai looks pretty cool Poets from this anthology I’ve talked about/to/around: Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Max Harris, Les Murray, Vicki Viidikas, … Continue reading "Ep 246. Desperate reassessment"

Alice is very angry at Bill Harwood. Show notes Joel Deane’s recent books Judas Boys and Year of the Wasp The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize Ken Babstock Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson C. K. Williams Helen Garner’s Yellow Notebook The Nicholas Building Kintsugi by Isi Unikowski Ep 244. on Harpur The Pioneer by Frederick McCubbin … Continue reading "Ep 245. Joel Deane: Making art in Sparta"

“The chances of death are very small.” Show notes Ep. 200 Anti-insights The Monkey’s Mask is available at Gertrude and Alice A primer of English versification by James McAuley My Tongue Is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood by Ann-Marie Priest A Midsummer Noon in the Australian Forest by Charles Harpur The Man from … Continue reading "Ep 244. Tradition and the Individual Snakebite"

Inbox Zero. Show notes James Schuyler This Dark Apartment Ken Bolton & Peter Bakowski’s recent books Nearly Lunch, The Elsewhere Variations, On Luck Street & Waldo’s Game Vale David Ferry Matthew & I talk Horace The Epistles of Horace Grandfather advised me by Lorine Niedecker The Poetry Foundation’s Ars Poetica Send me Christmas episode questions! … Continue reading "Ep 243. Pigs in the ocean"

TV party tonight! Show notes Joshua Mehigan Brooklyn Poets Josh’s poems Cold Turkey & The Cement Plant The Optimist (2004) & Accepting the Disaster (2014) Josh’s essay I Thought You Were A Poet Triolets Ep 217. To know is not to cure (on obsession) Ep 222. with Elijah The SLEERICKETS Substack Johnny Tremain Josh’s essay … Continue reading "Ep 242. Joshua Mehigan: Otherness people"

Solving the mystery of The Poetry Gods. Show notes The Poetry Gods Hosts Jon Sands, Aziza Barnes & José Olivarez Buy U A Drank by T-Pain Urban Word NYC Terrance Hayes Mahogany L. Browne Poetry Off the Shelf SupaDupaFresh Emotional Historians Willie Perdomo Paul Tran Tim Seibles AWP Jeanann Verlee Patricia Smith Cave Canem Kundiman … Continue reading "Ep 241. Jon Sands meets a fan"