Matthew Hickey OAM is a barrister, family man, artistic type and optimist. Interested in law, literature, music, art, philosophy, politics, and technology, among other things — who knows what might turn up on this podcast? When the host was a child, his
Oodgeroo Noonucal (3 November 1920–16 September 1993) was an Aboriginal Australian political activist and much respected poet. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
Cowley (1618–1667) was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
Tomlinson was a British poet, academic and artist. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
A perfect poem for Monday morning lethargy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
This is a poem by the North American Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, Mary Oliver. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
It's been blowing like a gale, here in Brisbane, for the last 24 hours or so. This poem seemed perfect for that. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
This little poem invites the reader to contemplate what “the thread” is, and having answered that question, to identify what theirs is. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
This was a suggestion by Joelene (thanks). It's a poem that first came to my attention when a terrific reading by Emma Thompson did the rounds on the Internet a year or so ago. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
A poem by the American activist and writer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
In this poem — written at the height of the Cold War — American poet Wendell Berry suggests the antidote to the malaise of contemporary life is communion with nature. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
This poem is by the Indian novelist and poet, Vikram Seth, most well known (I think) for his whopping doorstop of a novel “A Suitable Boy”. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
Poem for the day 11 July 2021. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
Impromptu reading recorded on my iPhone, while sitting in my car, waiting for my wife, outside the local grocer's, on a Saturday morning. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
I'm no actor but I love speaking poetry aloud. Decided to share some with the world to encourage others to try it too. I'm starting with one of my favourites. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hickey-mt/message
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