Forgetting for a moment the dangerous imprecisions of the spirit.
~ Bella Li from 'Rimbaud in Africa'
Rhyming the Dead is a Red Room radio series that commissioned 10 Australian poets to create and perform new work inspired by a dead poet of their choosing. Rhyming the Dead poems and interviews with the past and present poets explore ways death permeates life.
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The Radio Show
EPISODE ONE: Secrets for Living
For full poems in text and audio:
Judith Rodriguez (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) | Renee Pettitt-Schipp (Judith Wright)
EPISODE TWO: Emotions are not Hawaiian Shirts
For full poems in text and audio:
Fiona Britton (Dorothy Porter) | Aden Rolfe (John Forbes)
EPISODE THREE: Chalk is Falling
For full poems in text and audio:
Bella Li (Arthur Rimbaud) | Jakob Ziguras (Stanisław Barańczak)
EPISODE FOUR: Hands Disappear Into Wood
For full poems in text and audio:
Melody Paloma (Jennifer Rankin) | Sam Wagan Watson (Martin Harrison)
EPISODE FIVE: The Eyes Of Those Who Came Before
For full poems in text and audio:
Abe Nouk (Maya Angelou) | Celestine Rowe (Tupac Shakur)
Produced by Maisie Cohen. Read her Reflection.
The video
