Spoken Word

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...

 Ela Fornalska is a poet, language teacher and emerging broadcaster. She had a hiatus from the Melbourne poetry world to live and work in Germany and complete post graduate study on her return. She is now back and a brand new member of the 3CR Spoken Word team of presenters. Ela has performed her work around Melbourne, as well as being published by various literary journals, some of which include...

Amy Bodossian, quirky, kinky, passionate, colourful, philosophical, spontaneous, unpredictable from one moment to the next, is captured in this studio appearance with Santo Cazzati. The most prosaic conversations between them somehow slip unobtrusively into fine art of the fringe variety. Amy reads her poems about chasing love, her childhood, chasing love, the life of an artist, chasing love, and....

Ela Fornalska’s first guest on Spoken Word is Elizabeth ‘Lish’ Skec. Her latest collection of poetry is Breath. Today we will be in conversation with Lish about her poetic life and hear some special selections from Breath which showcase her diversity as a poet.  Facebook page for Breath: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Breath/284331441740862Amazon page for Breath: http://www.amazon.com/dp/064691933...

Santo Cazzati from 3CR Spoken Word performs poetry by Paul Verlaine with musical selections by Gabriel Faure. Santo reads Verlaine in both French and English and mixes in the exquisite music of Faure.     Poet Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and Fre...

Jennifer Harrison reads her tender and exquisitely written poetry. She writes both with simplicity akin to childlike observation/ curiosity of details, then shifts to depth of poetic theory in her reflections upon art, nature and any subject she chooses she explores fully until its essence is distilled into poetry. Jennifer writes with perseverance to uncover the words that most need to be spoken...

The inaugural broadcast of 3CRs Spoken Word Show, on Thursday 21 May 2009, with presenters Rhonda Jankovic, Santo Cazzati, Peter Goodyear and Gerard Watkins.