Australia-wide Poetry program.

Every Saturday at 3.05 pm and repeated Thursdays.

July program:

3rd July: Little Bit Long Time – an encounter with indigenous poet, Ali Cobby Eckermann.

10th July: World Rivers – a poetic feature on the great waterways of the world.

17th July: Songs for Tomorrow – the life and writing of Korean poet, Ko Un.

24th July: Salt on the Tongue – highlights from the Australian Poetry Centre’s 2010 National Poetry Festival, held at Goolwa.

31st July: The Mother Workshops – Jeri Kroll’s suite of poems about her relationship with her ageing mother.

August:
7th Burung Merek – a feature on the late, great Indonesian poet, W.S. Rendra.
14th Suburbia – an anthology about the beauty and terror of Australian suburban life.
21st Counting the Rafts – the work of Australian poet and playwright, Jack Hibberd.
28th Anne Carson – selected poems by Canadian poet and essayist, Anne Carson.

September
NATIONAL POETRY WEEK BECOMES NATIONAL POETRY MONTH ON POETICA.
4th National Poetry Week 2010 – a round-the-nation sampling of recent Australian poetry.
11th Bruce Dawe – selected poems by this well-loved Australian poet.
18th War is not the Season for Figs – the poetry of Lidija Cvetkovic.
25th Jack – excerpts from Judy Johnson’s verse novel set in the Torres Strait.

October
2nd Taha Muhammed Ali – a feature on this Palestinian poet and short story writer.
9th A Pantomime of Words – the poetry collages of Nobel prize winner, Herta Müller.
16th Neruda’s Houses – a feature on Neruda’s eccentric homes and the poetry he wrote there.
23rd Senghor – the poetry of Senegalese writer and past-president, Leopold Sedar Senghor.
30th The Journey – selected works of by Irish poet, Eavan Boland.

POETICA is presented by BRENT CLOUGH and MIKE LADD
For further details please contact the producers of Poetica: Mike Ladd (08) 8343 4928 Krystyna Kubiak (08) 8343 4271
Or visit the Poetica website at www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/poetica/