On Hobart’s Edge Radio, Sundays 10am – noon. A soulful, fun variety of retro, recent and local music with a little poetry. Pop/rock, soul, folk, singer-songwriters, jazz/blues, classical, ambient etc. A few read poems inviting attentiveness to the world. Event Updates
A Poem in the Arms of Tyrannosaurus Rex – Richard Harrison (POET audio), poetryarchive.org/poet/richard-harrison
Lord Howe Woodhen, Mallee Striated Grasswren and Northern Eastern Bristlebird – Australian Bird Calls, Songs of Disappearance, songsofdisappearance.com/birds
Growing Pain – Jay Som (various – Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono)
The Stone Curlew – POEM by Robert Adamson from The Golden Bird, New and selected poems (Black Inc., 2008)
What a Wonderful World – Rhoda Dakar (Version Girl, 26 May '23 bandcamp)
Cow with Spleen – Nits (Angst, '17)
Mars – marigolden
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
In the Dutch Mountains (album title, '87) – Nits [The Netherlands]
The Loneliest Saturday Night – Anne McCue & the Cubists (upcoming 'Wholly Roller Coaster' album)
Yesterday's Men – Madness (Mad Not Mad, '85)
HAIKU by J.Dailey (p.2), S.Yavaniski (p.20), R.Packer (p.22) and K.Ramesh (p.24) – from theheronsnest.com/March2023/haiku
More Change – This Is the Kit (Careful of Your Keepers, 9/6/23)
The Swimmer – Nits (In the Dutch Mountains, '87)
After Brett Whitely – POEM by Robert Adamson from The Golden Bird, New and selected poems (Black Inc., 2008)
Not Sorry…that you can't come in – Welter (Catching Lightning, '23)
Vile Excesses – Mellow Candle (Swaddling Songs, '72)
HAIKU by R.B.Jacobson (wales), R.Beary, L.Ann, J.Reichhold and L.Stensland (haikufoundation). – first from waleshaikujournal.com Spring 2023, rest from thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-of-the-day-2023, April Haiku About LGBTQIA+
Strong Swimmer [part of Honey I Do at start] – Josh Ritter (Spectral Lines, '23)
Isolations – Adam Spark (Snow vs. Mountain, 23/6/23)
A Sweet Hard Gift – POEM by Pam Schindler from A Sky You Could Fall Into (Post Pressed, Brisbane 2010)
I'm a Woman (live) – Ellen McIlwaine (Women in (E)motion)
Gael's Song – Eddie Ink (Daydream at Nighttime, '23)
Nature, haiku, One little grey dove – POEMS by K.Crawford, I.McGuire (haiku) and B.Shirley from Quiksilver Water, Oasis Women Poets (Tas) (Walleah Press, 2022)
After You've Gone – Jane Morris Quintet (Tas) (Undecided, '19 bandcamp)
Hey Baby Don't Go – Billy Whitton (Tas) (Honky Tonk Daddy)
Come On Home – Webber Sisters (various – Feel Like Jumping, best of Studio One Women)
The Bauhaus Chair – Nits (Hat EP, '88)
HAIKU by R.A.Smith, J.M.Weston, B.Kenney and C.Nguyen – from thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-of-the-day-2023, April Haiku About LGBTQIA+
The Dream – Nits (Nest)
Old Friend – Lucy Wise (Into the Blue, '23)
Being Human – Jen Cloher (I am the river, the river is me, '23)
Rest with Me – Cary Lewincamp (Tas) (Sky In Your Eyes)
A brief but heartfelt paean – POEM by Terry Whitebeach from Quiksilver Water, Oasis Women Poets (Tas) (Walleah Press, 2022)
Speak Low – Billie Holiday (Verve Unmixed 3)
Stay Loose – Jimmy Smith (Verve Unmixed 3)
HAIKU by J.J.Dunphy and S.Antolin – from thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-of-the-day-2023, April Haiku About LGBTQIA+
I Wanna Be a Cowgirl (Songtraks, '23) – Franky & Wendy
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen (Various Positions, '84)
The Flowers – Nits (Doing the Dishes, '95)
Your Shadow – Josienne Clarke (Now and Then EP, '22)
Your Mind is Not Your Friend (ft. Phoebe Bridgers) – The National (First Two Pages of Frankenstein, 4AD/Remote Control, '23)
Inside Outside – This Is the Kit (Careful of Your Keepers, 9/6/23)
Winners from australianhaikusociety.org/2023/05/01/results-of-the-2022-john-bird-dreaming-award-for-haiku – HAIKU by S.Fargo, H.Hall and J.Dobb
Who Has Seen the Wind? – David Byrne & Yo La Tengo (various – Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono)
Modus Operandi (ft Frankie Cosmos) – Juan Wauters (Wandering Rebel, 2/6/23)
Honourable Mentions (unranked) from australianhaikusociety.org/2023/05/01/results-of-the-2022-john-bird-dreaming-award-for-haiku – HAIKU by L.Haig (Tas), I.Gacina, K.Chatterjee and M.McGregor
