266 episodes

Interviews with poets from Australia and sometimes elsewhere, along with other poetry-based musings.

Poetry Says Alice Allan

    • Arts
    • 4.8 • 26 Ratings

Interviews with poets from Australia and sometimes elsewhere, along with other poetry-based musings.

    Ep 264. A poet of the future

    Ep 264. A poet of the future

    The rest is still unwritten… Show notes Anyone But You (2023) The Hills Kyle & Morgan Kevin Kelly Carl Sagan Stewart Brand R. Buckminster Fuller The Geodesic dome Becoming Bucky Fuller by Loretta Lorance Business and Poetry by Dana Gioia Bucky’s poetry books Intuition, No More Secondhand God, And It Came To Pass—Not To Stay … Continue reading "Ep 264. A poet of the future"

    • 38 min
    Ep 263. Water-dragon blues

    Ep 263. Water-dragon blues

    “There’s a damp melancholy / in Tang poetry…” Show notes Poetry as therapy. Thoughts? Email me. Ep 262. with Ann-Marie Priest Ep 222. Grilling Elijah Blumov (on Harwood’s ‘Prize-Giving’) Elijah covers ‘At Mornington’ on Versecraft 300 Tang Poems translated by Geoffrey Waters, Michael Farman & David Lunde Li Bai Du Fu In Our Time: Tang Era Poetry … Continue reading "Ep 263. Water-dragon blues"

    • 46 min
    Ep 262. Ann-Marie Priest: Secret Gwen Harwood Business

    Ep 262. Ann-Marie Priest: Secret Gwen Harwood Business

    “We are our own.” Show notes Come to the launch of Kate Middleton’s Television! Ratbag Poetics on Spotify My Tongue is My Own by Ann-Marie Priest Gwen Harwood Woman to Man by Judith Wright James McAuley Eliza Cook Vincent Buckley The Harwood Memorial Fruitcake Award FUCK ALL EDITORS/SO LONG BULLETIN Gig Ryan A. D. Hope … Continue reading "Ep 262. Ann-Marie Priest: Secret Gwen Harwood Business"

    • 1 hr 20 min
    Ep 261. Weird funemployment

    Ep 261. Weird funemployment

    Today’s best worker takes gardening leave. Show notes Come to the launch of Kate Middleton’s Television! Asynchrony by Josephine Rowe Ep 260. with Dom Symes Weird Unemployment, Unusual Work by Louis Klee A Hunger by Petra White Ep 84. with Petra White  Ep 221. with pi o and Collective Effort The Instrument by Les Murray 925  Off the … Continue reading "Ep 261. Weird funemployment"

    • 53 min
    Ep 260. Dom Symes: Trojan Horse of emotion

    Ep 260. Dom Symes: Trojan Horse of emotion

    Stop rock climbing, interrogate your life. Show notes Dom Symes’ book I Saw the Best Memes of My Generation Ken Bolton Thom Gunn Mick Jagger and David Bowie ‘were lovers’ La Mama Poetica Ep 209. Funny ha ha On The Beach: A Bicentennial Poem by John Forbes If I Had a Gun by Gig Ryan pi … Continue reading "Ep 260. Dom Symes: Trojan Horse of emotion"

    • 1 hr 10 min
    Ep 259. It means what it says

    Ep 259. It means what it says

    Sha-la-la-la, la-la-la, la. Show notes Sharks’ Teeth by Kay Ryan Ratbag Poetics Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag The Volcano Lover Past Present Future with David Runciman Desperately Seeking Susan by Terry Castle Against Interpretation If Not, Winter (Carson’s Sappho) Fagles’ Aeneid Blue Poles by Jackson Pollock Letterboxd Richard Brody In America The Bear True … Continue reading "Ep 259. It means what it says"

    • 51 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
26 Ratings

26 Ratings

JoanMCT ,

Melbournite

Love it. It is just beautifully done. So elequent & thoughtful. Thank you so much for giving us this. Keep up the great work.

Brooklynpoet ,

Wonderful

I highly recommend Alice's wonderful world of poetry. She opens a welcoming door to all!!

mechamoth ,

Lovely, personal, enlightening

The way Alice tackles poem readings is so interesting and her style is really personal and not academic or dry at all. The interviews she has are really interesting, it's fascinating hearing poets talk about the poems they love! Would recommend to anyone even if (like me) they're not a "poetry person".

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