“I am on an aggrieved island…” Show notes Voss by Patrick White Britannica’s definition of the Gothic novel Penguin’s definition of American Gothic literature Gerry Turcotte’s definition of the Australian Gothic Australian Gothic: from Hanging Rock to Nick Cave and Kylie, this genre explores our dark side by Emma Doolan The paper chase by Hal ..read more

The pirate’s life for me. Show notes Starter episodes! (Let me know if I forgot one you think I should include.) WFH (a rat bastard poem) by Harry Reid Women Don’t Have Shadows Not Telling by Alison J Barton Ep 231. with Alison J Barton The Younger Australian Poets edited by Robert Gray & Geoffrey ..read more

Pass the butter. Show notes Antonia! Princess Shikishi Emperor Go-Shirakawa The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse by Anthony Thwaite & Geoffrey Bownas String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi translated by Hiroaki Sato Japanese Death Poems edited by Yoel Hoffmann Tanka Basho The Tales of Genji    Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.comSister show: SLEERICKETS ..read more

Giving the kids their boring magic. Show notes Jonathan Farmer Matthew Buckley Smith Church Going by Philip Larkin Why Poetry is Making a Comeback in Schools on Mindshift/KQED Ode to Kool-Aid by Marcus Jackson In Praise of Okra by January Gill O’Neil Root Cellar by Theodore Roethke Gwendolyn Brooks Elizabeth Bishop Shane McCrae Gabrielle Calvocoressi ..read more

Storytime: I was a teenage Maxx fan. Show notes Once again, the crimson rosella The Maxx Old Gregg Eat Carpet Ep 267. On nemeses The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron Julia Cameron’s notes on crazymakers Anatomy of a Fall (2023) monologue Ep 210. Barron Field has entered the chat Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.comSister show: SLEERICKETS ..read more

Tending the thousand flowers. Show notes Martin Duwell Australian Poetry Review Jacket interview: Martin Duwell in conversation with Jeffrey Poacher Martin’s review of David Brooks’ New and Selected William Logan Dipped in Vitriol edited by Nicholas Parsons No Turn Unstoned edited by Diana Rigg Patrick White James Jiang Vincent Buckley A. D. (Alec) Hope James ..read more

“No quitting.” Show notes Louise Carter Ester Perel Previous episodes with Lou: 100, 80 and 8 Lou’s poems Marrickville and Windows Lou’s book Golden Repair Helen Garner AWARD School Interferon Psalms by Luke Davies UTS Sappho Books Lyn Hejinian Ali Cobby Eckermann pi o Ivor Indyk Love and Money, Sex and Death by McKenzie Wark ..read more

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 ..read more

“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 ..read more

Or, More Lasting Than Monsters. Show notes Ep 265. The Internet is for poems Matthew Buckley Smith The Silver Swan by Gwen Harwood New Verse Review Search Engine: What Do Trigger Warnings Actually Do? Ep 222. with Elijah on Harwood My Tongue is My Own by Ann-Marie Priest Octavia Butler To Marylin Manson by Matthew Buckley Smith Phoenix Rising ..read more