Spoken Word

Australian poet, Judith Rodriguez, has been teaching poetry at universities internationally and at the Council of Adult Education for fifty years. She brings to this program a global knowledge of poetic forms and history. This is Part 3 of a three part series. Rodriguez taught English at La Trobe University from 1969 until 1985. In 1986 she was  writer-in-residence at Rollins College, Florida, an...

Legendary spoken word artist from Fitzroy, Pi O, is featured in two longer pieces, one about a famous old Fitzroy musician, and the other about TV celebrity of yesteryear Graham Kennedy.

Anna Forsyth is a New-Zealand born writer and musician. For her day job, she writes and edits educational text books. Her first collection of poetry, A Tender Moment Between Strangers, was released in 2013 and her poems have appeared in several journals, including Landfall, FourW and n-Scribe. In 2012, she started Girls on Key, a bi-monthly music and poetry gig for women performers, raising funds...

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'The Year My Hair Fell Out' a factional account of that very first year working and living abroad. The book is set in Chuncheon and reveals the different and varied experiences one has when exposed to a foreign culture they know very little about.  http://www.amazon.com/The-Year-Hair-Fell-Out/dp/0992557704 When Australian Don Laridis turns 37 he realises that it's time for a 'real' change. He choo...

This is the second in a series of three programs on 20th century poetry in English. Rodriguez was born Judith Catherine Green in Perth and grew up in Brisbane. She was educated at Brisbane Girls Grammar School, and graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts. She then travelled to England, where she received a Master of Arts from Cambridge University in 1965, where she met...

A live recording from Open Studio with the poetry night, Girls on KeyBronwen Manger is a poet and spoken word artist, located in Box Hill. Bronwen performs her work at readings and events around Melbourne (often accompanied by her identical twin Emily Polites), and her poems have been published in various journals and magazines, including Best Australian Poems 2012, The Age, Going Down Swinging, T...

Anna Fern is a remarkable sound poet who stretches the physical possibilities of the human voice. In this programme she talks about some of the history of experimental sound poetry, with ample demonstrations of her own, and also talks about how such work is received by audiences. Anna refers to some of the improvisation groups she has performed with. And just to reveal her versatility, she even do...

Interview with Benjamin Solah about great website and CD launched recently by Melbourne Spoken Word peter davis presenter also thanks kind people who gave money to allow Spoken Word 3Cr to surpass its target for Radiothon

Australian poet, Judith Rodriguez, has been teaching poetry at universities internationally and at the Council of Adult Education for fifty years. She brings to this program a global knowledge of poetic forms and history. This is Part 1 of a three part series.

Yvette Stubbs is convenor of Cafe Arts in Warragul. She's published many poems and is known for great humour and lively poetry readings.---Yvette is described as the infamous mad woman of cloverlea who is one of the matriarchs of the poetry scene. She shepherds sheep, vascilates over vegies, and feasts on fajoas. At night she sits under a daya dah tree and surveys the domed sky, patting her half e...

Join Ela Fornalska and her guest Myron Lysenko for a special haiku focused programme. Ela and Myron discuss the appeal of haiku, talk about ‘rules’ and techniques and question whether writing haiku can make the world a better place. Listeners will also hear haiku of the original masters and some of Myron Lysenko’s original haiku and senryu. Musical experts by Leszek Możdżer (Tracks ‘Ex Ego’ and ‘I...

Scizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety are conditions that this weeks poets on Spoken Word live with and write about. Sound effects and music mixed in by Peter D.  http://www.daxcentre.org/collection/poetry-collection/

Once again, The Rhonda Jankovic Competition for Poetry on a Social Justice Theme has been held, with 166 entries from across Australia. Kevin Brophy, well known poet and academic, was this year's judge, and the quality of the poetry was very high. In this broadcast can be heard almost all of the prizewinning entries, as well as the voice of Rhonda herself reading one of her own poems.

http://melbournespokenword.com/the-last-word-with-matt-hetherington/http://tincture-journal.com/2015/02/28/matt-hetherington-interviewed-by-stuart-barnes/Matt Hetherington is a writer, music-maker, gourmet Indian chef, soccer nut, bludger, and lover based in Brisbane. His first collection of all-Japanese-related forms (and fourth poetry collection) is For Instance, published by Mulla Mulla Press.

Kevin was born in Caulfield, Melbourne in 1946, and grew up on the working class side of the Racecourse. He has survived fire, lightning and gunshots, the last whilst head gardener at Koonunga Golf Course. He has been a steel tier in the building industry, once established a crosswords company and has worked in printing and as a publisher. He has also been an art critic, journalist, editor and ant...

Sandy Jeffs on 3CR Spoken Word reading poems and in conversation with producer Ela FornalskaSandy Jeffs Biography Sandy Jeffs was born in Ballarat and has a BA from La Trobe University. She has lived with schizophrenia and all its moods for over thirty years. She is a community educator who speaks to schools, universities and community groups about what it’s like to live with a mental illness. She...

3CR Spoken word goes to Carlton and records live poetry at LaMama Poetica. MC of this event is Amanda Anastasi and she reads a poem. Then two feature sets by Jennifer Compton and David Stavenger.http://redroomcompany.org/poet/jennifer-compton/http://redroomcompany.org/poet/david-stavanger/This edition of Spoken Word 3CR concludes with a poem called Gallipoli by Rowan White, a peace-activism inspir...

Our Beautiful Voices is a book of poetry from current and former refugees in Australia's detention centres. The poems will be read by the prize winning poet and actor, Ezra Bix. Produced by Di Cousens. Our Beautiful Voices is poetry by people incarcerated in immigration detention. Within the detention industry people are called by numbers, not names. This poetry celebrates individual histories, st...

Eric Beach is one of australia’s most unusual and accessible poets. His work has been performed all over the country on trams, ferries and even at the opera house. He has sung at jazz festivals and at railway stations. He is also a playwright and community writer. He has won the NSW premier literary award and the age poetry book of the year award.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QPRMUWtBcwhttp://w...

 Once again, The Rhonda Jankovic Competition for Poetry on a Social Justice Theme has been held, with 166 entries from across Australia. Kevin Brophy, well known poet and academic, was this year's judge, and the quality of the poetry was very high. In this broadcast can be heard almost all of the prizewinning entries, as well as the voice of Rhonda herself reading one of her own poems. What is soc...

La Mama Poetica is now curated by Amanda Anastasi, La Mama Poetica remains a night of some of the best spoken word and poetry that Melbourne has to offer, with a diverse selection of both emerging and established poets.http://lamama.com.au/2015-summer-program/la-mama-poetica-nighthttp://lamama.com.au/la-mama-programs/la-mama-poeticaPETER BAKOWSKI has been writing poetry for thirty-two years. He ha...

Kabir lived 600 years ago in Varanasi, India. His poetry speaks of an inner truth, the breath inside the breath, the ocean inside the drop inside the ocean. He was revered by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs and his work is still memorised and recited all over India today. Dr Peter Friedlander of the ANU in Canberra has created a new translation of the poetry of Kabir and presents some of the poems and s...

In today's program Ela Fornalska's guest is Jeltje. A vast array of ground is covered, including influences, the migrant experience and being a migrant poet, politics and poetry, sound poetry and Jeltje's new collection 'Princes by night'.http://islandpress.tripod.com/ISLAND.htm

George O'Hara is a poet, musician and recorder of other poets and musicians. He has produced several cds of poetry, ukulele songs and electronica over the last few years of his own and others work. He loves reading and listening to all types of music as well as creating music. He has performed with the Melbourne Ukulele Kollective and at a number of music festivals including the Australia Day Para...