In this first episode of Hello Poet, Terri Ann talks to Brisbane-based poet Shastra Deo about bodies & haunting, nuclear semiotics, Wilfred Owen, Goro Majima, persona poems, teaching, glossaries & having to "explain" poems.

Shastra reads four of her poems which you can find online here- ‘Road Trip’ ‘Frameshift Mutations’ ‘Self Portrait as Goro Majima’ ‘Baby Tooth Survey’

You can find out more about Shastra at her website ​https://www.shastradeo.com/