Poetry Snaps

Poetry Snaps

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Poetry Snaps episodes

  • S2 Ep 2 - Claudia Jardine

    Ōtautahi based poet and Classics nerd, Claudia Jardine, zooms into the studio via the internet in this episode. In the build-up to the release of her first full-length poetry collection, BITER, we talk about IUDs, pelicans, and the caveats of translating ancient love poems.

    1 hr
  • Ep 8 - Georgie Silk
    Georgie Silk is a poet, theatre maker and counsellor who has done extensive research into the relationship between creativity and dealing with mental distress. This week on Poetry Snaps, we delve into the reasons why writing poetry usually makes you feel good.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Ep 7 - Dan Goodwin
    Current National Slam Poetry Champion, theatre maker and good friend Dan Goodwin sits down to chat about all the things that lie beneath the words of a poem.
    1 hr 10 min
  • Ep 6 - Tate Fountain
    Tate Fountain is a gentle poet. Her verse matches the delicate flow of her dress. She’s silly, and funny, and is so excited about all the ways poetry in Aotearoa is growing.
    1 hr
  • Ep 5 - Mohamed Hassan
    Mohamed Hassan is an old friend, but he is also one of the most talented poets, writers and journalists I have ever met. We talk about the politics of poetry, and the poetry of politics.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Ep 4 - Katie Rickson
    Katie Rickson is a writer, editor, poet and founder of Compassion Poetry - an online collection of poems and essays about life with a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. Katie and I talk about the way writing can help ground you, help you explore your world with wonder and compassion, and the importance of emotional intelligence in surviving our current landscape.
    1 hr 4 min
  • Ep 3 - Sheldon Rua
    Sheldon Rua is a poet and dancer from Tāmaki Makaurau South. In this kōrero dig into the roots of spoken word poetry here in Auckland, and unsurprisingly find the oral history of our Māori and Pasifika people.
    59 min
  • Ep 2 - Grace Shelley
    Grace Shelley is the editor of Overcom, a queer literary journal published here in Tāmaki Makaurau. We talk about the subtle sexiness of queer poetry, the blossoming world of page poetry, and the role of the English Teacher in fostering a love of poems.
    57 min
  • Ep 1 - Carrie Rudzinski and Olivia Hall
    Carrie and Liv are the Taylor Swifts of poetry. They tell us about the ways their growing and shifting friendship has contributed to growth in their work. We talk about poetry crowns, and imposter syndrome, and the way misogynists (inadvertently) publicised their first show.
    1 hr 1 min

About Poetry Snaps

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Sarah Krieg and Ash Raymond James talk to poets from Aotearoa New Zealand in their studio in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Their goal? To open your mind about what poetry could be. Guests include local…