I ask the inimitable <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/jennifer-compton/">Jennifer Compton</a> about her poem <a href="http://cordite.org.au/poetry/unthemed1/dear-les/">Dear Les,</a> why we have no boys in our poetry group, and gaining control by losing it. We also chat about a new poem of hers, and then I get a rejection in real time. 



Show notes



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Jen’s poem <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/jennifer-compton/law-and-order/">Law and Order</a></li><li>Jen performing <a href="https://melbournespokenword.com/jennifer-compton-love-is-not-love/">Love is not Love</a></li><li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds">Sonnet 116</a></li><li><a href="https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/03/19/103868/black-inc-to-end-best-australian-essays-stories-and-poems-announces-new-collection/">Black Inc.’s Best Australian Poems</a></li><li>Australian Poetry’s <a href="https://www.australianpoetry.org/competitions/announcing-best-of-australian-poems-vol-1-2021-16-march-2021/">Best Australian Poems Vol 1, 2021</a></li></ul>

I ask the inimitable Jennifer Compton about her poem Dear Les, why we have no boys in our poetry group, and gaining control by losing it. We also chat about a new poem of hers, and then I get a rejection in real time. Show notes Jen’s poem Law and OrderJen performing Love is not LoveSonnet 116Black Inc.’s Best Australian PoemsAustralian Poetry’s Best Australian Poems Vol 1, 2021

I ask the inimitable <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/jennifer-compton/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jennifer Compton</a> about her poem <a href="http://cordite.org.au/poetry/unthemed1/dear-les/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dear Les,</a> why we have no boys in our poetry group, and gaining control by losing it. We also chat about a new poem of hers, and then I get a rejection in real time. 



Show notes



<ul><li>Jen’s poem <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/jennifer-compton/law-and-order/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Law and Order</a></li><li>Jen performing <a href="https://melbournespokenword.com/jennifer-compton-love-is-not-love/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Love is not Love</a></li><li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sonnet 116</a></li><li><a href="https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/03/19/103868/black-inc-to-end-best-australian-essays-stories-and-poems-announces-new-collection/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Black Inc.’s Best Australian Poems</a></li><li>Australian Poetry’s <a href="https://www.australianpoetry.org/competitions/announcing-best-of-australian-poems-vol-1-2021-16-march-2021/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Best Australian Poems Vol 1, 2021</a></li></ul>

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