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The Poetry Tavern Podcast 16-08-26. Charlotte Daems interviews Joel O'Connor

  • 6 days ago
  • 1 min read

The Poetry Tavern is a globally streamed, passion-driven podcast delivering deep, accessible literary analysis of classic and contemporary international verse.


‘Joel makes poetry fun, amusing and intriguing.”Charlotte Daems: Podcaster and poet



Key sections of the podcast:


1:03 → Joel’s background and approach to poetry https://youtu.be/PcNuc1Vx5zw?t=63

2:50 → Duograms (my invented poetic form) https://youtu.be/PcNuc1Vx5zw?t=170

7:38 → Other creative outlets https://youtu.be/PcNuc1Vx5zw?t=458


8:44 → Background to poem 1: “Crow Maths”

10:34 → Reading 'Crow Maths'

14:31 → Background to poem 2: “The Torchbearers” by Alfred Noyce

16:25 → Reading from 'The Torch Bearers'

S8E32- The Hive Poetry Collective (podcast). Joel O'Connor chats with Julia Chiapella 14-08-26

  • 6 days ago
  • 2 min read

The Hive Poetry Collective is a globally streaming, industry-revered podcast showcasing award-winning international talent and diverse, powerful voices in contemporary poetry.


'What transforms grasshoppers into a rapacious horde? Poet, essayist, playwright and activist uses his most recent work, , as a bridge between science and politics, between our nature as humans and the world around us. Listen to this interview and be transported to an Australia that exists beneath and alongside the contemporary culture, a place of regard and humility in the face of all that threatens the natural world.'


Link to full stream



Key sections of the podcast:


1:08 Introduction


2:17- Influence of A.D Hope's poem 'Australia'


8:25- Contrast between Hope's colonial mindset and my post-colonial ecological one alongside recognition of Indigenous culture


11:50- My embodied response to place in the Australian bush


14:15- Discussing current 'Locust' suite


29:48- The science behind my work and connection with the human heart


31:13- Svetlana


32:36- Influence of nature on my poetry


34:33- Current colonial impact of appreciation of nature in Australia


35:55- Millennium Poets


37:03- Describing the form of poetry I created 'Duograms'


39:20- Poem in response to Stephen Hawkin idea that the universe is a hologram


41:35- Embracing the 'uncertainty' princple


43:19- Discussion about translating Mikhail Prishvin's work


46:58- Reading and discussing 'The people just left' about impact of Indigenous genocide on the places were I grew up


51:30- Presenter plug to buy my work


52:18- Reading 'Gold dust'


54:40- Inspiration from poets who say the most on the least words


54:13- Reading 'The god of simple pleasures'

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