By Cameron and Ramak share poems of love and wonder in English and Farsi
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On the one year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, Ramak and Cameron discuss 'Pro Femina' – Ramak's brand new work on display at The Art Gallery of Ballarat as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale... as well as the impact of Mahsa's death and its implications for so many people.
Theme music: 'Dastgahe Homayun, Pt 2' from the album ‘Iran – Masters of Traditional Music, Vol. 1 (Persian Music)’.
Poem: 'Body under a sheet' by Cameron Semmens.
Music behind poem: 'Ascent' by Hildur Guðnadóttir from the album 'Without Sinking'.
Additional music: Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
Production and editing by Cameron Semmens.
Graphic design by Ramak Bamzar.
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24... Woman! Life! Freedom!
Ramak and Cameron discuss the situation in Iran as of Oct 2022, and explore their creative responses to the situation.
Poem 1: 'Say Her Name' written by Cameron Semmens, September 2022. Spoken by Cameron Semmens and Ramak Bamzar. Poem 1 music: 'Lovely Bones' by Natalie Jeffreys. https://www.facebook.com/natalie.jeffreys
Poem 2: 'Soil' by Adib al-Mamalek Farahani (1860 - 1917), an Iranian poet, writer and journalist. Poem 2 music: 'Clouds' by Rod Gear, from the album 'The Wood That Sings'.
Production and editing by Cameron Semmens : www.webcameron.com
Graphic design by Ramak Bamzar : www.ramakbamzar.com
For all things ‘The Persian and The Poet’, go to :
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23... Say Her Name – poem by Cameron Semmens
A poem calling for justice and freedom in Iran, written in response to the the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the 'morality police'.
Poem : 'Say Her Name' written by Cameron Semmens, September 2022. Spoken by Cameron Semmens and Ramak Bamzar.
Music : 'Lovely Bones' by Natalie Jeffreys. https://www.facebook.com/natalie.jeffreys
Production and editing by Cameron Semmens : www.webcameron.com
Graphic design by Ramak Bamzar : www.ramakbamzar.com
For all things ‘The Persian and The Poet’, go to :
https://www.facebook.com/thepersianandthepoet
or
https://www.instagram.com/the_persian_and_the_poet/
Say Her Name
hair in wind
free of scarf
men in power
crush the flower
stick to skull
skull to wall
girl on floor
blood in brain
say her name
say her name
rose on grave
fire online
slap from hand
rose in cheek
fire in eyes
fire in street
thorn in heart
youth abloom
rose in hand
rise for change
say her name
say her name
tear in eye
blur of lies
tear on tongue
taste of fear
salt in wound
sting of hate
stink of rot
taste the truth
hint of spice
hot on tongue
say her name
say her name
fist in air
hair in wind
knife to curls
hair a flag
truth a flame
girls ablaze
death a spark
birth of new
scarf on fire
burn the ties
burn the lies
say her name
say her name
Mahsa Amini
Mahsa Amini
Mahsa Amini
Mahsa Amini
Mahsa Amini
Mahsa Amini
Mahsa Amini
Mahsa Amini
Mahsa Amini
Poem 1: 'Colonisation' by Cameron Semmens; translation by Ramak Bamzar.
Music: 'On The Fly' by M. Carney.
Poem 2: 'Ghazal 164' by Hafez.
Music: 'Dastgahe Homayun, Pt. 3.' from the album ‘Iran – Masters of Traditional Music, Vol. 1. (Persian Music)’.
Additional music: 'A Warm Welcome' by Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com
Production and editing by Cameron Semmens : www.webcameron.com
Graphic design by Ramak Bamzar : www.ramakbamzar.com
For all things ‘The Persian and The Poet’, go to https://www.facebook.com/thepersianandthepoet
Cam memorialising in a poem the very first time he heard a poem spoken in Persian back in late 2019 ... it was shared by a fascinating, arty woman he'd just met ... she goes by the name of Ramak!
Additional music: 'A Warm Welcome' by Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com 'Dastgahe Homayun, Pt 2' from the album ‘Iran – Masters of Traditional Music, Vol. 1 (Persian Music)’.
Production and editing – Cameron Semmens : www.webcameron.com
Photography and graphic design – Ramak Bamzar : www.ramakbamzar.com
The Persian: Ramak Bamzar.
The Poet: Cameron Semmens.
All poems from the book ‘Upside Drowning – poems from the edge of the ocean’, by Cameron Semmens; available through www.webcameron.com
Poem 1: ‘Listening to The Ocean’ by Cameron Semmens
Poem 2: ‘Curious Fragments of Memory’ by Cameron Semmens; music: ‘A Thousand Goodnights’ from the album: ‘Tears of The Candle’ by M. Carney.
Poem 3: ‘The Lips of The Sea’ by Cameron Semmens; music: ‘Erupting Light’ from the album ‘Without Sinking’ by Hildur Guðnadóttir & Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Poem 4: ‘The Dream of Oblivion’ by Cameron Semmens; music: ‘Circular’ from the album ‘Without Sinking’ by Hildur Guðnadóttir & Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Additional background music: ‘On The Doorstep’ and ‘A Warm Welcome’ by Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com
Production and editing by Cameron Semmens : www.webcameron.com
Graphic design by Ramak Bamzar : www.ramakbamzar.com
For all things ‘The Persian and The Poet’, go to https://www.facebook.com/thepersianandthepoet
Poem 1: The Swifts in The Willow by Cameron Semmens;
translation by Ramak Bamzar.
Music: ‘Overcast’ by Hildur Gudnadottir & Johann Johannsson,
from the album ‘Without Sinking’.
Poem 2: Futile Magic by Fereydoon Moshiri;
translation by Frank Moshiri (2015).
Music: ‘Avaze Bayate Esfahan’ from the album
‘Iran – Masters of Traditional Music, Vol. 1 (Persian Music)’.
Production and editing – Cameron Semmens : www.webcameron.com
Photography and graphic design – Ramak Bamzar : www.ramakbamzar.com
Ramak shares about Nowruz – the symbology and her experiences.
Cameron surprises her with a brand new poem: Standing in Love
Enjoy!
In essence, this episode – The Fall of The Willow – is a spoken-word album, which you can listen to in one continuous stream.
It's a curated compilation consisting of each one of Cameron Semmens' original poems translated and recited by Ramak Bamzar in the 2020 podcast season.
These gorgeous translations have been brought together to create a single half-hour of swirling, twirling, whispered and hollered words declared and confided to YOU – our dear listener. May love and wonder seep into your bones...
NOTE: If you'd like to listen to Cameron's original poems in English, go to the previous episode: 16... SPECIAL: The Fall of The Willow – online album (all of Cam's poems from the 2020 season)
The poems:
1 : As I Stand on Edge of The Park
2 : What Happened in The Forest?
3 : Still Trying To
4 : The Father of Butterflies
5 : Come Into Me
6 : They are a secret
7 : In The Mountains
8 : Petalled Pillows and Thorny Sheets – Part 1
9 : Petalled Pillows and Thorny Sheets – Part 2
10 : Rapid ‘I’ Movement Towards You
11 : The Mind is a Yacht, The Heart an Oil Tanker
12 : Upon Approaching a Dead Person in a Hospice
13 : The Wattle and The Willow
Title song : 'A Warm Welcome' by Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com
1 : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
2 : Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com
3 : ‘Chasm’ from the album ‘Separate Journeys’ by Spike Mason www.spikemason.com
4 : ‘Viewed from The Climb’ from the album ‘Separate Journeys’ by Spike Mason www.spikemason.com
5 : ‘God’ from the album ‘Henotic’ by Spike Mason www.spikemason.com
6 : ‘Frederique’ by Michael Carney.
8 : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
9 : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
10 : ‘Love her and she will watch over you’ by Luke Pittman
11 : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
12 : ‘Frederique’ by Michael Carney.
13 : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
In essence, this episode – The Fall of The Willow – is a spoken-word album, which you can listen to in one continuous stream.
It's a curated compilation consisting of each one of Cameron's original poems shared in the 2020 podcast season. These poems have been brought together to create a single half-hour of swirling, twirling, whispered and hollered words declared and confided to YOU – our dear listener.
Coming soon: all the translations of these poems in Farsi
read by Ramak Bamzar in a special FARSI ONLY episode!
Poem 1 : As I Stand on Edge of The Park
Poem 2 : What Happened in The Forest?
Poem 3 : Still Trying To
Poem 4 : The Father of Butterflies
Poem 5 : Come Into Me
Poem 6 : They are a secret
Poem 7 : Petalled Pillows and Thorny Sheets – Part 1
Poem 8 : Petalled Pillows and Thorny Sheets – Part 2
Poem 9 : In The Mountains
Poem 10 : The Mind is a Yacht, The Heart an Oil Tanker
Poem 11 : Upon Approaching a Dead Person in a Hospice
Poem 12 : Rapid ‘I’ Movement Towards You
Poem 13 : From My Dry Lips
Poem 14 : The Wattle and The Willow
Title song : 'A Warm Welcome' by Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com
1 : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
2 : Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com
3 : ‘Chasm’ from the album ‘Separate Journeys’ by Spike Mason www.spikemason.com
4 : ‘Viewed from The Climb’ from the album ‘Separate Journeys’ by Spike Mason www.spikemason.com
5 : ‘God’ from the album ‘Henotic’ by Spike Mason www.spikemason.com
6 : ‘Frederique’ by Michael Carney.
7 : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
8 : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
10 : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
11 : ‘Frederique’ by Michael Carney.
12 : ‘Love her and she will watch over you’ by Luke Pittman
13 : Cameron Semmens
14 : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.