The previous few episodes have been about centre-periphery dynamics, and in this episode former New Zealand Poet Laureate and general all-round legend Bill Manhire offers his thoughts on living as a Kiwi in London. Bonus: you get to find out what a "zoetrope" is.If you like what you hear, why not make a small donation to keep us going? Find out more at coff.ee/poetaster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ursula Bethell, Mail
How do you find a place in a rich tradition of English literature stretching back centuries when you're writing in a small colony on the far side of the world? That's the dilemma faced by early twentieth-century New Zealand poet Ursula Bethell in her poem "Mail".If you like what you hear, why not make a small donation to keep us going? Find out more at coff.ee/poetaster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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John Dennison, The Garden
John Dennison's "The Garden" draws on a long history of writing about gardens, going all the way back to the first garden of them all. Tim and Andrew pontificate about this and much more, while also reminiscing about living in London.If you like what you hear, why not make a small donation to keep us going? Find out more at coff.ee/poetaster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Windhover
The Reverend Dr Tim McKenzie and the Irreverend Dr Andrew Smith talk Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, rhyme, rhythm and how to see the divine in the everyday in this discussion of one of Hopkins's most famous poems, "The Windhover".If you like what you hear, why not make a small donation to keep us going? Find out more at coff.ee/poetaster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Anna Livesey, The Owl Cup
Do museums enforce a distance from the past or bring it closer to the present? On this episode of The Poetaster, we look at 'The Owl Cup' by New Zealand poet Anna Livesey, from her 2003 collection Good Luck.If you like what you hear, why not make a small donation to keep us going? Find out more at coff.ee/poetaster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ever wanted to find out a bit more about poetry but didn't know where to begin? Ever wanted to be able to talk about a poem without actually having to study it? Hosts Dr Andrew Smith and Dr Tim McKenzie provide tasting notes to some of their favourite poems and talk about how they work, and why they're worth reading. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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