Three parts lunatic, one part yahoo, and one part potentially human. 



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Show notes



<a href="https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-wrapped/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spotify Wrapped</a>



<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MHmx9nvHqU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Greek Tragedy by The Wombats</a> 



<a href="https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Australian-Poetry-Now-Sun-Series-Shapcott/16562581572/bd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Australian Poetry Now edited by Thomas Shapcott</a>



<a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Restaurant_Review-g504328-d8710875-Reviews-St_Helens_Books-St_Helens_Break_O_Day_Tasmania.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">St Helens Books</a>



<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Books" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sun Books</a> and <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3ASun+poetry+series" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">their impressive catalogue</a>



<a href="https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1614736" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Barjai</a> looks pretty cool



Poets from this anthology I&#8217;ve talked about/to/around: <a href="https://poetrysays.com/ep-102-chris-wallace-crabbe-on-rondo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chris Wallace-Crabbe</a>, <a href="https://poetrysays.com/ep-69-happy-birthday-ern/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Max Harris</a>, <a href="https://poetrysays.com/ep-199-answered-prayers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Les Murray</a>, <a href="https://poetrysays.com/ep-204-being-bad/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vicki Viidikas</a>, <a href="https://poetrysays.com/ep-228-ken-bolton-generations-telling-each-other-jokes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">John Tranter</a>, <a href="https://poetrysays.com/ep-229-vintage-gossip/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Robert Adamson</a>



<a href="https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/sometimes-gladness/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sometimes Gladness by Bruce Dawe</a>



<a href="https://poetrysays.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/the-affair.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alan Riddell&#8217;s The Affair</a>



<a href="https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/absolutely-ordinary-rainbow-les-murray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow by Les Murray</a>



<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Webb_(poet)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Francis Webb</a>



<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_McDonald" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Roger McDonald</a>



<a href="https://www.uqp.com.au/books/earth-hour" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Earth Hour</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Malouf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Malouf</a>



<a href="https://poetrysays.com/ep-190-john-forbes-a-pastoral-pt-1/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">John Forbes: A Pastoral Pt 1</a>



Recent SLEERICKETS appearances: <a href="https://www.matthewbuckleysmith.com/sleerickets/zjt5yczlal5mj5d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">127: The Mercy Rule</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.matthewbuckleysmith.com/sleerickets/zjt5yczlal5mj5d-rdf48" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">128: First Thought Sexiest Thought</a>



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Ep 247. An absolutely ordinary poem

Poetry-based interviews and shower thoughts.