Konch

Godwit/Kuaka read by Scott Rogers. Scott Rogers reads the english translation of the Muriwhenua chant 'Ruia ruia, opea opea, tahia tahia'. The chant appears in Ralph Hotere's mural 'Godwit/Kuaka' (1977). Further informations and a transcript can be found at https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/article/ralph-hotere-onz

'The Questions Poems Ask' by Lawrence Raab read by Gregor Wright. 'The Questions Poems Ask' was first published in the Summer issue of Virginia Quarterly Review in 1999. A transcript can be found at http://www.vqronline.org/questions-poems-ask . More from Gregor Wright can be found at http://gregorwright.com

'Servicio Postal Mexicano' by Juana Adcock read by Laura Palazón. 'Servicio Postal Mexicano' appears in 'Manca', published by Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro (Mexico) in 2013. A copy of 'Manca' can be downloaded free at https://poesiamexa.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/juana-adcock-manca1.pdf

'The Wee Rid Motor' by Sandy Thomas Ross read by Beca Lipscombe. 'The Wee Rid Motor' was first published in 'Bairnsangs', by Macmillan in 1955. Sandy Thomas Ross was the pen name of a collaboration of three Ayrshire men: Sandy MacMillan, Thomas Limond and A. L. (Ross) Taylor. More from Beca Lipscombe can be found at http://www.ateliereb.com

'When The Soviet Union Was Disintegrating' by Ursula K. Le Guin read by Carrie Skinner. 'When The Soviet Union Was Disintegrating' was written in 1991 and published on Le Guin's website in 2017. A transcript can be found at the foot of this page http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Blog2017.html More from Carrie Skinner can be found at http://carrieskinner.tumblr.com

'The Panther' by Paul Muldoon read by David Sherry. 'The Panther' was first published in 'Madoc: A Mystery' by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1990. A transcript can be found at http://dailyanimalpoem.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/paul-muldoon-panther.html . More from David Sherry can be found at http://dave-sherry.com

'Morning After' (l. 1-6) by Langston Hughes read by Sukaina Kubba. 'Morning After' (l. 1-6) was first published in Shakespeare in Harlem by Alfred A. Knopf in 1942. A transcript can be found at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47878/morning-after . More from Sukaina Kubba can be found at http://www.sukainakubba.com

'Why I Am Not A Painter' by Frank O'Hara read by Sarah McCrory. 'Why I Am Not A Painter' was first published in 1957 in the Evergreen Review. A transcript can be found at https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/why-i-am-not-painter .

'God In The Middle Ages' by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Ruth Speirs read by David Benedict. This translation of 'God In The Middle Ages' was published by Two Rivers Press in 2015.

'Phantasia For Elvira Shatayev' by Adrianne Rich read by Sarah Tripp. 'Phantasia For Elvira Shatayev' appears in 'The Dream of a Common Language' first published by W. W. Norton & Co in 1978. A transcript can be found at http://missedstations.tumblr.com/post/25775724338/phantasia-for-elvira-shatayev-adrienne-rich More from Sarah Tripp can be found at http://sarahtripp.com

'Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!]' by Frank O'Hara read by Alex Kennedy. 'Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!]' was first published within 'Lunch Poems' by City Lights Books in 1964. A transcript can be found at https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/poem-lana-turner-has-collapsed . More from Alex Kennedy can be found at http://www.daatpress.com

'Shelter From The Storm' by Bob Dylan sung by Kathryn Elkin. 'Shelter From The Storm' was first recorded in 1974 and released by Columbia on the album 'Blood on the Tracks'. A transcript can be found at https://bobdylan.com/songs/shelter-storm/ . More from Kathryn Elkin can be found at https://lux.org.uk/artist/kathryn-elkin

'Last Night In London Airport' by Christopher Logue read by Stephen Sutcliffe. 'Last Night In London Airport' was first published in the London Underground in the 1980s as part of the 'Poems on the Underground' series. A transcript can be found at https://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/christopher-logue/london-airport/ More from Stephen Sutcliffe can be found at https://lux.org.uk/artist/stephen-sutcliffe

'Opening The Cage' by Edwin Morgan read by Craig Mulholland. 'Opening The Cage' was first published in 'The Second Life', by Edinburgh University Press in 1968. A transcript can be found at http://spaniardintheworks.blogspot.co.uk/2008/04/edwin-morgan-opening-cage-14-variations.html More from Craig Mulholland can be found at http://www.craigmulholland.com

‘Rat Song’ by Margaret Atwood read by Ciara Phillips. ‘Rat Song’ was first published in ‘Collected Poems 1965-1975 by Houghton Mifflin in 1976. A transcript can be found at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/32774/rat-song More from Ciara Phillips can be found at http://www.ciaraphillips.com

'A Dozen Cocktails Please' by Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven read by Lauren Hall. 'A Dozen Cocktails Please' was published in 1927 in The Little Review. A transcript can be found athttp://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/dozen.html More from Lauren Hall can be found at http://lauren-hall.com/home.html

'Dear Job Interview' by Matthew Dickman read by Chris Evans in Hohensalzburg Fortress. 'Dear Job Interview' was published in 'Job Interviews' by Para Site with uh books in 2017. A transcript can be found at http://www.para-site.org.hk/zh-HK/publications/job-interviews More from Chris Evans can be found at http://www.chrisevans.info

'An American Poem' by Eileen Myles read by Ruth Gilbert. 'An American Poem' was first published in 'Not Me (Native Agents)' by MIT Press in 1991. A transcript can be found at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53965/an-american-poem

Cartwright Gardens: A Meditation by Jacques Roubaud, translated by Rosmarie Waldrop and read by Liza Dimbleby. ' Cartwright Gardens: A Meditation by Jacques Roubaud, translated by Rosmarie Waldrop .. The poem is a sort of mourning poem for the poet’s wife, the photographer, Alix-Cléo Roubaud, who died suddenly and young, in an accident — it is about the hotel that they used to, and he continues to, stay at in London … and also about a photograph she took of him from the balcony, walking below in the street, so you keep shifting between the viewpoint of where the photograph was taken from and the person walking in the photograph itself — as well as the memories between the two viewpoints …. the repetitions, of one, two three four etc like a beat are I think based on Japanese walking meditations. Japanese poetry has been a constant formal model for his work..(His second book was called Mono no aware and “reflected the desire to make poetry a spontaneous emanation of ambient reality” (Michael Sheringham, Every

"Just to clarify, the piece is actually a song usually sung in Japanese by my friend Tamio Shiraishi. He often sings during very intense cathartic performances. These songs are kinda legendary among people who follow Tamio’s music but very few non Japanese speaking people know what they are. Rumors float around that he sings kamikaze, yakuza and prison songs. In 2009 when he was here in Glasgow performing with our trio Ki. I took the opportunity to ask him about the songs and he happily provided translation of his entire repertoire. This reading is of a ‘traditional’ Japanese Prison Song to which i have added the names of the most notorious federal prisons in the USA.” from email on August 26, 2017 Fritz Welch. More from Tamio Shiraishi can be found at http://shiraishitamio.info/index.html And more from Fritz Welch can be found at http://humansacrifice.net