Discussion of poetry – SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES

by M. Bijman July 18, 2019 0

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A novel about a poet that’s filled with delightful poetry – Diary of a Somebody, by Brian Bilston

Dear Mr. Bilston: I am writing this letter because I will not stay quiet – your brand new novel hasContinue Reading

by M. Bijman April 30, 2019 2

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“Don’t die, Dad – but they die.” Les Murray, The Bard of Bunyah, 17 October 1938 – 29 April 2019

The papers have been full with news of the death of Australia’s most world-famous poet, Les Murray. He died yesterdayContinue Reading

by M. Bijman February 27, 2018 0

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Review in a 48-second video – You Took the Last Bus Home, by Brian Bilston

Compact Crits #6: 48-second review of You Took the Last Bus Home, by Brian Bilston (poetry) Here’s the full reviewContinue Reading

by M. Bijman February 25, 2018 0

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Manipulating words like Legos – You Took the Last Bus Home, by Brian Bilston

Brian Bilston’s first anthology of poetry contains more than 200 poems, and despite some of them being only four linesContinue Reading

by M. Bijman February 23, 2018 0

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The funny, thoughtful poems of Brian Bilston, the Twitter poet

Brian Bilston’s saucy, witty and insightful poems on Twitter (@brian_bilston) have made him famous. In this podcast (recorded in 2016,Continue Reading

by M. Bijman October 18, 2017 0

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Lovely verses and violent deaths – Shanghai Redemption, by Qiu Xiaolong

It has been said that the problem with poetry is that whatever poem you come up with, due to theContinue Reading

by M. Bijman May 20, 2017 0

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Poetry that mixes mother tongues – and my poem about my Grandma

It is very hard to make two different languages rhyme. This struck me again when I was researching the phoneticContinue Reading

by M. Bijman September 19, 2015 0

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Why I hate and love poetry

The fatal problem with poetry: poems Poetry is everywhere. Just when you think poetry is dead, there is rap. IContinue Reading

by M. Bijman December 20, 2013 0

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Best Wishes for the Season – In the words of Breyten Breytenbach

The best way to express my best wishes to my family, friends, followers and fellow book lovers for the newContinue Reading

by M. Bijman November 18, 2013

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William Shakespeare’s Star Wars – Verily, A New Hope, by Ian Doescher

Skip the poetry, go to the Full review A Review of This Fine Tale, in Blank Verse and A HeroicContinue Reading