“There’s a damp melancholy / in Tang poetry…” Show notes Poetry as therapy. Thoughts? Email me. Ep 262. with Ann-Marie Priest Ep 222. Grilling Elijah Blumov (on Harwood’s ‘Prize-Giving’) Elijah covers ‘At Mornington’ on Versecraft 300 Tang Poems translated by Geoffrey Waters, Michael Farman & David Lunde Li Bai Du Fu In Our Time: Tang Era Poetry The eight Daoist immortals The Mandarin Moralist and the Reckless Rebel: the Improbable Literary Friendship of Du Fu and Li Bai by Bryce Christensen Dreaming of Li Bai translated by Mike Connors Dreaming of Li Bai translated by Burton Wat ..read more

“We are our own.” Show notes Come to the launch of Kate Middleton’s Television! Ratbag Poetics on Spotify My Tongue is My Own by Ann-Marie Priest Gwen Harwood Woman to Man by Judith Wright James McAuley Eliza Cook Vincent Buckley The Harwood Memorial Fruitcake Award FUCK ALL EDITORS/SO LONG BULLETIN Gig Ryan A. D. Hope Vivian Smith Norman Talbot Blessed City: The Letters of Gwen Harwood to Thomas Riddell Stephen Edgar Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.com Sister show: SLEERICKETS ..read more

Today’s best worker takes gardening leave. Show notes Come to the launch of Kate Middleton’s Television! Asynchrony by Josephine Rowe Ep 260. with Dom Symes Weird Unemployment, Unusual Work by Louis Klee A Hunger by Petra White Ep 84. with Petra White  Ep 221. with pi o and Collective Effort The Instrument by Les Murray 925  Off the Record Jas Duke  Harry Reid Ursula Robinson-Shaw Gareth Morgan Girlery, Superette & Moxie by Melinda Bufton The right-to-disconnect laws Ep 258. with Grace Yee The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Benjamin Frater SLEERICKET ..read more

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 o Ania Walwicz The Hatred of Poetry by Ben Lerner Ocean Vuong Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen Totem by Luke Davies William Fox Googlecholia by Michael Farrell ‘Bombala Boss’: Harry Reid in Conversation with Michael Farrell Brunswick Bound Starter pack memes dumb sober bitch Barbecue Shapes Kevin watch the light d ..read more

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 Volume I 1978–1987 by Helen Garner Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.com Sister show: SLEERICKETS ..read more

“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 is in The Balcony When Desire’s Gone by Dorothy Porter is in her Love Poems Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.com Sister show: SLEERICKETS ..read more

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.com Sister show: SLEERICKETS ..read more

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 Bolton Ep 253. Stake night Apollo Bay by William Fox Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.com Sister show: SLEERICKETS ..read more

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 Antonia’s collection You Will Not Know In Advance What You’ll Feel Ep 247. The one about the flower The fucking flower Badiou Oulipo Byung-Chul Han Foucault Thanks Brian for “walk, eat & read” Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.com Sister show: SLEERICKETS ..read more

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 Lerner’s The Lights Hunter Publishers Small Publishers and the Emerging Network of Australian Literary Prosumption by Emmett Stinson Harry Reid, Ursula Robinson-Shaw and Gareth Morgan of sick leave Shitheads: well are we doing this? by Gareth Morgan My Tongue in My Own by Ann-Marie Priest Crem ..read more