Wednesday Words Open Mic Poetry 27th April 2022

Wednesday Words Open Mic Poetry
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This week MC Thundercloud Repairian would like to send a big shout out to Chrissie from Ballarat for the donation of poetry books to the Australian Poetry Hall of Fame's Australian Poetry Library. So in order to say thanks, this show will feature the poets reading some of the poetry from the books.

Thundercloud kicks off the night with "What is Poetry? by Amelia Walker from the book "All you need to teach poetry" Macmillan teacher resources 2010 followed by "Give the Poem Time to Speak by Paul Mitchel from his book "Standard Variation published by WalleahPress Tasmania 2013. Then "White Birds" by Roland Robinson from the book "Treasury of Favourite Australian Poems" published by CURREY O'NEIL, Melbourne, 1982.

Rob Baker reads Banjo Paterson's, "The Man From Ironbark" from the book "Collected Verse of Paterson" ANGUS AND ROBERTSON, Melbourne 1974. Rob then sings Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Bound for South Australia, and an Original song.

Steve Wordsmith, "Around the Boree Log and other verses" by John O'Brien ANGUS AND ROBERTSON PUBLISHERS 1921, and then Banjo Paterson, Clancy of the Overflow.

Thundercloud reads Les Murray's "Wrecked Birds" from "Taller When Prone"

James Adam reads from "Stop, Don't Read: Essays and poems" by Roger Sworder Connor Court Publishing 2013. "Stop Dont Read " and "The Flower"

Thundercloud, Sid the Shearer.

Vincent reads "Unemployment" from "Charles Buckmaster: Collected Poems" Edited by Simon MacDonald University of Queensland Press 1989.

Doug Scott reads from "The Clancy that Overflowed" the poem "True to Form" and then Coco's poem. Doug finishes with an original poem "Are your a spontenee?"

Paul Wood sings "Three Ravens"

Thundercloud finishes with "The Fighting Fish" and "A Blue Bear"