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In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Barbara Temperton reads her poem 'West Coast' which features in the Western Australian anthology.
West Coast
I drive in on Daylight Saving Timewith a pale, fat moon risingover the Moresby Ranges.New subdivision: Ocean Heights Estate?It looks like Sandcastle Land.
Foreshore duneslimestone-terraced into sharp ledges:h ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Barbara Temperton reads her poem 'Anniversary' which features in the 2016 Western Australian anthology.
Anniversary
We've been in mourning just over a year,or just under, depending on the date we're marking.Not always celebrations, anniversarieshave a way of keeping their appointments:they're ticked off at the level ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Barbara Temperton reads her poem 'Foxes Lair' which features in the 2016 Western Australian anthology.
Foxes Lair
Casuarina leaves disable the dog.He halts on the track ahead, scratches,then sits and sulks, his undercarriagea matt of clinging tendrils.My hands prickle with casuarina scalesso small they're almost unse ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Barbara Temperton introduces her poetry collection, 'Ghost Nets' (working title), and reads the title poem which features in the 2016 Western Australian anthology.
Ghost Nets
Evening, at the edge of the reefa ghost net snags my fishing line.Lead-core line is made to last and oftenbraided round plastic craypots tumbli ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Adrian Caesar reads two poems, 'Charlotte's Grace' and 'Spring Fall' which both feature in the 2016 ACT anthology.
Charlotte's Grace
(For my grand-daughter)
Coming in with stones from the gardenyour first impulse is to make them shine.Washing rocks, you call it, and give themfull treatment, soap and flannel and rins ... (read more)
My Fair Lady
Opera Australia and producer John Frost have recruited a stellar cast for the August production of Lerner and Loewe's masterpiece 'My Fair Lady', to be directed by Julie Andrews, the original Eliza Doolittle. Eliza will be performed by Anna O'Byrne. Alex Jennings – thrice an Olivier Award winner, and fresh from playing Alan Bennett in The Lady in the Van – will play the insuffera ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Jill Jones reads two poems, 'Memory Lapses and Clues, or Don't Forget to Remember' and 'Bent', which both feature in the 2016 South Australian anthology.
Memory Lapses and Clues, or Don't Forget to Remember
Amongst discarded data, twigs,plastic containers, fingernails –'The unconscious, at all events,knows ... (read more)
In this episode of the Australian Book Review's States of Poetry Podcast, state editor Elizabeth Allen introduces the 2016 New South Wales poets: Fiona Wright, David Malouf, Kate Middleton, Pam Brown, Susie Anderson, and Toby Fitch.
You can learn more about States of Poetry and read the full anthologies here. ... (read more)
States of Poetry 2016 Podcast | State editor Lucy Dougan introduces the Western Australian anthology
In this episode of the Australian Book Review's States of Poetry Podcast, state editor Lucy Dougan introduces the 2016 Western Australian poets: Barbara Temperton, Charmaine Papertalk Green, Carolyn Abbs, Graham Kershaw, JP Quinton, and Kia Groom.
You can learn more about States of Poetry and read the full anthologies here. ... (read more)