Poetica: Jamaican poetry

August 20, 2014 7:55 PM

The Australian Radio National program Poetica recently broadcast two episodes of Jamaican Poetry, and it's a real delight to listen to these contemporary and archival recordings of Jamaican poets (from all over the world) reading their poetry, some with musical accompaniment. Episode 1 ----- Episode 2.

One of the featured poets left the following comment on the Episode 2 page:

"Thanks for this programme. I appreciate the artistry of the producer Brent Clough in weaving together such complex strands into a coherent whole which then gave shape and context to the spoken, sung and dubbed words of our beautiful island."

Each episode is a little over 30 minutes long, and can be listened to on the linked pages or downloaded as mp3s.

posted by paleyellowwithorange (2 comments total)

Downloaded and ready to be listened to on my portable device. Thanks for the links!
posted by Meatafoecure at 9:15 PM on August 20, 2014

Lots of the poets featured are (or were) here in Canada, and deserve to be better known up here than they are: Lillian Allen, Pam Mordecai, Olive Senior, Louise Bennett, Michael St. George.

(Start with this and google on from there.)
posted by Sys Rq at 9:57 PM on August 20, 2014 [1 favorite]