Tuesday Poem: Our Second Birthday Poem—Plus An Interview with Poet Jan Hutchison
Apr
17
2012
Over on the Tuesday Poem hub our second birthday poem is nearing completion—and Hub curator, Mary McCallum, discusses the creative process on her blog, O Audacious Book, here.
I hope you will visit the Tuesday Poem blog and enjoy our community’s collective work: Birthday Poem (Working Title.)
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Meanwhile, as my Tuesday Poem feature I am linking to my recent radio interview with Christchurch poet, Jan Hutchison, where she reads three poems from her new collection, The Happiness of Rain (Steele Roberts, 2012.)
The poems featured are:
- The title poem, ‘The Happiness of Rain’
- ‘John Clare’s later life’
- ‘Colette travels through her room’
I hope you enjoy the interview and the poems.
To listen: click here
Then either click on the ‘Play’ button or download the MP3
Comments
Lovely, Helen, great to hear a NZ poet. And thank you for all your TP posts over the two years – I think you’ve only missed one week! Mary & Claire
Yes, I think it is only the one, despite earthquakes and book launches et al … Both major events! 🙂 But I love the whole idea of the Tuesday Poem–an international community of poets celebrating the art! And a hug thank you to both you and Claire for your work in keeping it going–because all communities and collectives need a bit of leadership “glue.”
Hi Helen – us again – meant to say, too, thank you for your huge support of the TP community and the NZ writing community as a whole – all of that takes enormous energy and you pour it out every week. Much appreciated. Mary & Claire.
Mary & Claire: Thank you so much for your kind words: I do my best, but sometimes it feels so little when set against all that is always out there, needing to be done. Life is short and the art so very long … but that feeling of being part of a community, the privilege of having a TP to be part of, is always a tremendous boost!