Poetry seems a solitary pursuit but not for well known Australian 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 Radio National 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. 



Guests: 

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’ .

Poetry seems a solitary pursuit but not for well known Australian 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 Radio National 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. 
 
Guests: 
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’ .

Welcome to Tsundoku – the podcast for addicted readers.  Tsundoku is the Japanese word for that pile of books by your bed – the ones you fully intend to read – sometime!  If you can’t resist a good story, are endlessly curious about new books and love nothing better than discussing an old favourite – this is the podcast for you. In Tsundoku we’ll talk to the authors of the moment, we’ll pull out the ‘hits and memories’ from years past and chat them back into life, and we’ll talk to readers from all walks of life about how they acquired their reading passion, their all time favourites … and what books they have waiting in their Tsundoku.

Welcome to Tsundoku &ndash; the podcast for addicted readers.&nbsp;&nbsp;Tsundoku&nbsp;is the Japanese word for that pile of books by your bed &ndash; the ones you fully intend to read &ndash; sometime!&nbsp;&nbsp;If you can&rsquo;t resist a good story, are endlessly curious about new books and love nothing better than discussing an old favourite &ndash; this is the podcast for you. In Tsundoku we&rsquo;ll talk to the authors of the moment, we&rsquo;ll pull out the &lsquo;hits and memories&rsquo; from years past and chat them back into life, and we&rsquo;ll talk to readers from all walks of life about how they acquired their reading passion,&nbsp;their&nbsp;all time favourites &hellip; and what books they have waiting in their Tsundoku.

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