Saturday 16 August 2008
Fishing in the Devonian
Poetica's contribution to National Science Week, featuring the poems of Carol Jenkins.
Poetica's contribution to National Science Week, featuring the poems of Carol Jenkins.
With the discovery of the wreck of HMAS Sydney, Poetica is re-broadcasting 'Seven Songs for Sydney', a cycle of poems by Robert Harris, reflecting on the sinking and its aftermath.
In this feature we hear a selection of poems by one of India's leading 20th century poets and translators, AK Ramanujan, as well as commentary recorded in India by those who knew Ramanujan well: Prathibha Nandakumar, Ashokamitran, and the painter SG Vasudev.
A selection of poems focusing on some of the great bridges of the world. The bridges include the Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queensboro and George Washington bridges, The Golden Gate, the Ponte Vecchio, Westminster Bridge, Tower Bridge, Tappan Zee Bridge and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.