Poetry Says

“…the conviction that nothing like this, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, has ever happened to anyone before.” Show notes Top three Brooklyn bookshops: Unnameable Books, Troubled Sleep, Freebird Books Reverse Cowgirl & Raving by McKenzie Wark Whitman in Black by Ted Berrigan R. A. Villanueva A Perfect Mess by Mary Karr Death, an Ode … Continue reading "Ep 240. Hooroo to all that"

“Make shit up. And that includes your life.” Show notes Pam Brown I must be living twice: new and selected poems 1975 -2014 by Eileen Myles Thomas Wyatt Measure for Measure Bernadette Mayer Alice Notley The Ferguson Report: An Erasure by Nicole Sealey Judy Grahn Jonathan Swift The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo Gareth … Continue reading "Ep 239. Lunch with Eileen Myles"

Yeesh. Show notes Sorry, Neighbourhood Books Hello to the guy at Brunswick Second Hand Books Ep 187. Peak poetry Noel & Russell dubbed themselves The Goth Detectives… Meet Me In The Bathroom (2022) LA 92 (2017) The episode on Canberra Cringe by ContraPoints Europe Endless by John Forbes (towards the end of this great article) … Continue reading "Ep 238. Awkward."

“…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"

Hindley Street via Scotland. Show notes Goodwood BooksAlison Flett’s latest book Where We Are Alison’s poems Adelaide, I Dream You and InsectsFriendly Street PoetsJill JonesKen BoltonLittle WindowsNo WaveDominic SymesThe Undying by Anne BoyerIslandJudith BeveridgeRachael MeadAdam Ford’s Dance to the Anticlinal Fold tourLa Mama Poetica JulyThe Suburban Review’s Jumpstart a Journal programDavid Motamed’s new radio show … Continue reading "Ep 227. Alison Flett: I don’t ken if I belong"

Fake laughter in the rooftop bar. Fresh Air by Kenneth Koch With Hannah Gadsby’s ‘It’s Pablo-matic,’ the Joke’s on the Brooklyn Museum The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery’s Early Life by Karin Roffman Brunswick Street Bookstore Silent co-producer K Ken Bolton John Forbes: Australia’s Wunderkind introduced by Aidan Coleman Brian Brodeur’s review of Rhyme’s … Continue reading "Ep 226. Kinds of heartbreak"

“Please, even against the odds, think about this as a long-term prospect.” UpswellGleebooksElizabeth JolleyTerri-ann on The GarretThe immortal Collected WorksAdmissions edited by David Stavanger, Radhiah Chowdhury & Mohammad AwadClean by Scott-Patrick MitchellOverland (or can I?) Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.comRuthless weeding and pruning: SLEERICKETS

Show me your pasodoble! Show notes None other than Matt WallLook at all those chickensElijah’s show VersecraftThe Case for Metre and Rhyme: Part 1 & Part 2Bernadette slams old-school toolsFriend of the show Liam FerneyDropping Leaflets by Jena OsmanTinx explains why we’re dating all wrongImportant meme 4 AnnaRobert BlySLEERICKETS Ep 110: Both Sides Eventually, ft. Alexis SearsLouise Carter’s … Continue reading "224. I can’t dance"

Plus, the poetry workshop comes to Berghain. Peter BakowskiThe Gleaners and I (2000)Anne SextonRobert FrostSchopenhauer sez: “One should use common words to say uncommon things”Billy CollinsCharles BukowskiFitzroySt KildaPellegrini’sGeoff DyerBrendan RyanPhillip HodginsGeoff PageDorothy PorterAustralia Council for the Arts come at meEp 187. Peak poetryAnthem for a Doomed Youth by Wilfred OwenIn Our Time on Wilfred Owen … Continue reading "Ep 223. Peter Bakowski: The gleaning process"

I love you, Leigh Sales. Show notes Elijah’s podcast Versecraft Gwen Harwood Harwood’s poem Prize-Giving  The Apollonian/Dionysian dichotomy The Case for Metre and Rhyme: Part 1 & Part 2 Intro/outro: 7:30 report closing theme Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.comMore Elijah, more arguing: SLEERICKETS

“Anarchists have to write their own history.” Show notes The WAYWARD FORWARD exhibition Collective Effort Press Π.O.’s books include 24 Hours, Fitzroy: the biography & Heide Sandy Caldow Peter Murphy Victoria Perin Jas Duke  Thalia Fitzrot 925  The Third World Bookshop The Source and Whole Earth Bookstore Readings Robert Rooney Nicholas Zurbrugg  Off the Record … Continue reading "Ep 221. pi o and Collective Effort"