NICANOR PARRA dies at 103

Nicanor Parra in 1992. (Alvaro Hoppe/AP)

By John Otis 

 

Obituaries

January 23

 

Nicanor Parra, an eminent Chilean scientist-turned-poet who revolutionized Latin American verse by rejecting its flowery diction and forging a stripped-down, confrontational and darkly comic form that he dubbed “anti-poetry,” died Jan. 23 at his home in the La Reina section of Santiago, Chile. He was 103.

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OVERLAND is looking for your Fiction!

Overland is seeking stories from new and emerging writers for a special online fiction edition. Submissions close 11.59 pm Sunday 4 February 2018, with the edition available mid April. 

Guidelines for submission

Stories can run from flash fiction to longer short stories, but the maximum word length for submissions is 4000 words.
Kindly note: writers may submit no more than two stories for consideration for this special issue.
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Drama Teaching opp in China

aNDREW bURKE #3 Moody Requiem (in response to Judith Beveridge's BREATH)

each breath a bar to
begin the moody requiem

the light pizzicato toward
a tympani climax

I hear it tick
a steady four/four

when I walk the dog -
then skip a beat

wake me in
pitch black of night -

the pipes travel
their new routes

as the organ pumps
the remaining blues

This age-old question!

Do jazz and classical musicians have different brains?

A new study has found different processes occur in the brains of classical and jazz pianists, even when playing the same music.

by Angus McPherson on January 17, 2018

 

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig have found that different processes occur in the brains of classical and jazz musicians, even when playing the same piece of music. The findings, published in an article titled Musical genre-dependent behavioural and EEG signatures of action planning. A comparison between classical and jazz pianists in the academic journal NeuroImage, found differences in the brain activity of jazz and classical pianists, particularly in the way they planned movements.

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2017 Perth Poetry Festival + Other Local News

2017 Perth Poetry Festival

 

The Perth Poetry Festival 2017 half hour is due to air Thursday 25th Jan 2018 @ 8pm on WTV Channel 44 in the programme Perth City Talks.

 

 

 

Creative Connections Art & Poetry Exhibition

 

Artwork and poetry from the 2017 Creative Connections Art & Poetry Exhibition is now online athttp://www.creativeconnectionsaape.net.au/exhibitions/2017-exhibition/2017-art-poetry/

 

Perth Poetry Club

The very entertaining Tony Curtis is back!!

Join PPC to hear Tony Curtis, plus Open-mike this Saturday afternoon 2pm-4pm at the Moon Café, 323 William Street Northbridge.

 

Tony Curtis was born in Dublin in 1955.  An award-winning poet, Tony has published ten warmly received collections.  His most recent title are 'Folk' (Arc Publications, 2011) 'Pony' with drawings and painting by David Lilburn (Occasional Press, 2013) and 'Approximately in the Key of C' (Arc Publications, 2015).

He has been awarded the Irish National Poetry Prize and the Varuna House Exchange Fellowship to Australia.

Tony has read his poetry all over the world to great acclaim. He is a member of Aosdána, established in 1981 to honour artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the creative arts in Ireland, and to encourage and assist members in devoting their energies fully to their art.

 

Voicebox 

 

29th January at a new venue!

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

 

Café at The Rose78 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle, Western Australia

 

Featuring
Sandie Walker and Kate Wilson

 

KSP events

 

Literary Dinner – Summer Luau

Tuesday 13 February, 6.00-9.30pm

Enjoy Hawaiian tunes from 6.00-7.00pm while sipping cocktails on the verandah, followed by three summery courses and readings from WA Poet-in-Residence Maddie Godfrey and SA Writer-in-Residence Emily Palmer, whose contemporary work features ‘bad-ass female protagonists’. BYO drinks. Optional Fancy Dress: Tropical. Dietary requirements catered for with notice. Tickets from $35. Detais http://www.kspwriterscentre.com/literary-dinners

 

 

Workshop: So You Want To … Perform Poetry

Saturday 17 February, 3.00-5.00pm

In this workshop, KSP's 2018 NextGen Writer-in-Residence Maddie Godfrey will use poetry to explore how the places we come from are woven deeply into our storytelling practices. Come along to polish your performance skills from a dynamic young poet who has performed sold-out shows at Perth Fringe Festival and stormed the stages of the Sydney Opera House and Royal Albert Hall. Suitable for those aged 12+. Tickets from $20. Details http://www.kspwriterscentre.com/workshops

WHATS ON Saturday 13th January      The very entertaining Tony Curtis is back!! Tony Curtis was born in Dublin in 1955.  An award-winning poet, Tony has published ten warmly received collections.  His most recent title are 'Folk' (Arc Publications, 2011) 'Pony' with drawings and painting by David Lilburn (Occasional Press, 2013) and 'Approximately in the Key of C' (Arc Publications, 2015). He has been awarded the Irish National Poetry Prize and the Varuna House Exchange Fellowship to Australia. Tony has read his poetry all over the world to great acclaim. He is a member of Aosdána, established in 1981 to honour artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the creative arts in Ireland, and to encourage and assist members in devoting their energies fully to their art. Please join us to hear Tony Curtis, plus Open-mike this Saturday afternoon 2pm-4pm at the Moon Café, 323 William Street Northbridge. Read our blog to get some background on our magnificent guests. WHATS NEXT   Over the next few weeks, we have the following wonderful features, with open-mike: 27-Jan-18 Arad Niksefat 3-Feb-18 Alexis Dubus (UK) + Katie Bennett 10-Feb-18 Arran Lodge + Gabriela Antonini 17-Feb-18 Anne Elvey (Vic) 24-Feb-18 Peter Burges + Patch Miller … All, not to be missed … WHAT ELSE IS  INTERESTING Voicebox on 29th January at a new venue!  6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Featuring Sandie Walker and Kate Wilson   Café at The Rose 78 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle, Western Australia.

Issa Haiku

the dog chewing
the shuttlecock
comes running along

Issa 1818

 

.つく羽を犬が加へて参りけり
tsuku hane wo inu ga kuwaete mairi keri

 

Shinji Ogawa comments, "To play shuttlecock is one of the New Year traditions. It is regarded as a girl's game. Issa's simple depiction of the dog easily induces the scene which the dog created behind it: a big fuss by a group of angry little girls in Sunday clothes." Sakuo Nakamura reads mairi in its sense of "pilgrimage" and so conjures a different picture: a family on their way to a temple, their dog following behind, "carrying a hagoita[battledore, early form of badminton] birdie in his mouth. Does he also go to visit the temple? All the family are laughing. Happy, happy..."

 

http://haikuguy.com/issa/new.html

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INTENSE - poetry workshop with Les Wicks

- poetry workshop with Les Wicks -

6 hours plus substantial prior editorial work in an extraordinary locale.

 

WORKSHOP

 

Venue: Community Hall, Dangar Island 
Saturday 10 March 10.45 to 5.00 with a 30” break for lunch (vegetarian, included in price).

 

This template has been a complete charge for everyone. One of the country’s leading poetry facilitators will be giving a workshop in Sydney. 

 

This project will consist of three components.

 

Everyone gets in advance a strategy sheet on editing their work. Then, participants will send four poems (maximum 30 lines each) to leswicks@hotmail.com 14 days prior to the workshop. The poems with commentary will be distributed to the participants four days prior to their workshop. Participants should bring a copy of the entire commentary document to the workshop.

 

On the day of the workshop we will work intensively through each participant’s poems building on prior suggestions and experiencing a dynamic interplay of ideas/insights. 

 

Should they so wish, participants will have a chance to have a piece published in the e-mag Australian Poetry Collaboration, which is widely read and archived by the National Library’s Pandora.

 

It is strictly limited to only 8 attendees. 

 

Bookings must be made by 17 February.

 

Cost $100. 

 

Getting there: train Hawkesbury River or drive Brooklyn. Ferry departs at 10am. Fares 7.80 or 3.90 Conc. each way. Arrive early/leave later - wander through this unique community, have a swim!                                                           Further details & booking: leswicks@hotmail.com

Animated Sheet Music: "Au Privave" by Charlie Parker

Free Poetry Workshop

Summer of Love: Smash the State

with Allan Boyd

 

Date and Time

Thu. 11 January 2018

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm AWST

Location

South Perth Library

cnr South Tce & Sandgate St

South Perth, WA 6151

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Smash the State! is part of Poetry d'Amour's "Summer of Love" in conjunction with WA Poets Inc.

An experimental writing and performance poetry workshop with Allan Boyd (the antipoet). Smash the State! asks

Is poetry dead? What is Performance Poetry? What is a Slam? What is the antipoet? What exactly does FSU mean? Why should I kill my poetry? Are adverbs fascist?

Find out all the answers to all of the things in this not-stop three hour workshop. Join Allan Boyd (the antipoet) in this experimental, innovative, hands-on, creative writing workshop. Learn how to write and perform poetry in the 21st Century. Discover ways to unleash the sound, shape and energy of your written words. Come and fall in love with the sound of your own voice!

 

Free workshop

To register, goto https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/summer-of-love-smash-the-state-tickets-39862772626