I was reading The Guardian’s story today of how ‘Yeah Baby’ was forced out of the Sydney to Hobart yatch race after a collision with a sunfish. As crew member Louis Ryckmans describes it, The boat was fantastic in the conditions and we were looking forward to the stronger conditions thinking that the boat is…
Month: December 2022
New episode of PoemTalk: on Armand Schwerner with Jerome Rothenberg, Pierre Joris & Charles Bernstein
From left: Jerome Rothenberg, Pierre Joris, and Charles Bernstein in the garden of the Kelly Writers House. Photo by Al Filreis. LISTEN TO THE SHOW Al Filreis gathered together Jerome Rothenberg, Charles Bernstein, and Pierre Joris to talk about two poems by Armand Schwerner. The first was written near the end of Schwerner’s life, for…
Vale Robert Adamson
A facebook post by Anthony Lawrence. Simple, eloquent…. Vale Robert Adamson 1942-2022 Poet, friend
(Song) Metric—’What Feels Like Eternity’
‘What Feels Like Eterntiy‘, by Metric—from the album ‘Formentera’ (Jul 2022). (Tim Sendra’s album review at ALLMUSIC)
SCAP Writers, featuring Irish poet Kevin Higgins—Sept 2022
Sep 17, 2022 This SCAP writers on Zoom is introduced by Donna Campbell and Linda Jackson and features the writing of Rachel McJury, Katharine McFarlane, Jo Gilbert, David Stakes and the master poet of satire, Kevin Higgins. Kevin Higgins “… death arrives, impeccably dressed.” (Poem ends) “I spent yesterday” (Kevin continues conversationally), ‘in the Accident…
Melbourne Poetry Map
A note from Indrani Perera’s newsletter ‘The Poet’s Express’, (November 2022 issue) exploring Eleanor Jackson’s creation, the Melbourne Poetry Map. Take a walking tour around the city of Naarm (Melbourne, Australia) courtesy of some of the city’s finest poets. Curated by poet and performer, Eleanor Jackson, the Melbourne Poetry Map is a brilliant way to discover a city. About The…