Louis Joel Poetry Pod
Louis Joel Poetry Pod
Podcast Description
Welcome to the Louis Joel Poetry Podcast where we discuss all things poetry with your hosts Peter Roberts (Poet-in-Residence at LJAC), David Tredinnick (actor, playwright, raconteur, audio buff, archivist) & Colleen Murphy (writer, diversity champion, another raconteur). Each podcast will have interviews with poets, with people who convene poetry appreciation groups, with editors or producers of poetry magazines and with members of the community outlining some of their favourite (or least favourite) poems or song lyrics, and why.
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The podcast explores a wide range of poetry-related topics, covering personal stories, analyses of famous poems, and community insights. Notable episodes include discussions on children's poetry, deep dives into specific poets like William Carlos Williams, and thematic explorations of cultural and social issues, such as diversity in poetry. Each episode often features a segment called Hobson's Choice, where community members share their favorite poems.
Welcome to the Louis Joel Poetry Podcast where we discuss all things poetry with your hosts Peter Roberts (Poet-in-Residence at LJAC), David Tredinnick (actor, playwright, raconteur, audio buff, archivist) & Colleen Murphy (writer, diversity champion, another raconteur). Each podcast will have interviews with poets, with people who convene poetry appreciation groups, with editors or producers of poetry magazines and with members of the community outlining some of their favourite (or least favourite) poems or song lyrics, and why.
In our ninth episode we move away from European styles of poetry and examine a Japanese form – the tanka, a close relation to haiku. Rodney Williams, poet and editor of the journal Catchment – Poetry of Place returns as our guide to educate us about tanka and share some of his writing in that form.
Hobson’s Choice also returns with a focus on poetry we were taught at school. Ann Pilkington and Anneliese Rosenmayer share their memories of poems they first encountered as students and still remember to this day!
Poems discussed in this episode:
Meg Merrilies | The Poetry Foundation
Tanka by Rodney Williams
past the pier
a cormorant surfacing
well away
from where it dived –
your message safely home
A bird-loving man: haiku and tanka, by Rodney Williams (Ginninderra Press, Port Adelaide, Aust, 2013
fingerlings
break the lake’s surface
in eights and tens
with threats from beneath
bedsheets twisted at dawn
Fred the Rescue Cat: 70 tanka, by Rodney Williams (Ginninderra Press, Port Adelaide, Aust, 2023)
shimmering
on the desert track
a mirage
her smile radiant
for the man behind me
A bird-loving man: haiku and tanka, by Rodney Williams (Ginninderra Press, Port Adelaide, Aust, 2013
on harvest
potato bags stand full
by red furrows. . .
in fields far to the west
long rows of white crosses
A bird-loving man: haiku and tanka, by Rodney Williams (Ginninderra Press, Port Adelaide, Aust, 2013
hothouse
butterflies –
she smiles
at a wink
of blue wings
Fred the Rescue Cat: 70 tanka, by Rodney Williams (Ginninderra Press, Port Adelaide, Aust, 2023)
Announcements:
The Fortnightly Pier Poetry Group at Louis Joel Arts & Community, facilitated by Peter, is on at 11am on Fridays with the next meeting occurring on 27 June, 2025 . Come along if you love talking poetry.
Email [email protected] to register your interest.
Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre will soon be offering their wonderful Winter 2025 program. There are so many great things on offer – for details go to Louis Joel Arts & Community
We would like to hear from you!
As part of our ‘Hobsons Choice’ segment, we would like to hear from you. If you would like to be interviewed about a poem or if you just want to share your love of poetry, send us an email on [email protected]. Constructive criticism and praise are welcomed. Currently we have a focus on a favourite poem you were taught at school or during your childhood, but anything that strikes you is great. Get in touch!
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Credits:
Hosts: Peter Roberts & Colleen Murphy
Original music composed by Andrew Gilpin and Sam Price.
Editor: Colleen Murphy
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