• Episode 37: A deep dive into the world of poetry with Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton’s latest collections + veteran poet and broadcaster Mike Ladd on ‘why be a poet?’

  • Mar 15 2024
  • Length: 51 mins
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Episode 37: A deep dive into the world of poetry with Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton’s latest collections + veteran poet and broadcaster Mike Ladd on ‘why be a poet?’

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  • Poetry seems a solitary pursuit but not for well knownAustralian poets Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton - they recently released two new collections ‘On Luck Street’ and ‘Waldo’s Game’ in which they have collaborated from afar, co-telling stories using a ’call and respond’ writing technique.

    And former ABC broadcaster Mike Ladd has made a career as a poet and also helped put poetry on the map with the long running radio program ‘Poetica’ - he makes the case for why poetry should matter to us all.

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    Peter Bakowski

    Ken Bolton

    Mike Ladd

    Annie mentions the poems ‘Funeral Blues’ by WH Auden and ‘The Second Coming’ by WB Yeats

    Peter and Ken read selections from ‘On Luck Street” and ‘Waldo’s Game’

    Mike Ladd reads “The End and the Beginning” by Polish poet Wisława Szymborska and his own recently penned poem ‘Prove that You’re a Human’ .

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