Forgetting for a moment the dangerous imprecisions of the spirit.
~ Bella Li from 'Rimbaud in Africa'

Rhyming the Dead is a Red Room radio series that commissioned 10 Australian poets to create and perform new work inspired by a dead poet of their choosing. 

Rhyming the Dead poems and interviews with the past and present poets explore ways death permeates life.

The Radio Show 

EPISODE ONE: Secrets for Living
For full poems in text and audio:
Judith Rodriguez (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) | Renee Pettitt-Schipp (Judith Wright)

EPISODE TWO: Emotions are not Hawaiian Shirts
For full poems in text and audio:
Fiona Britton (Dorothy Porter) | Aden Rolfe (John Forbes)

EPISODE THREE: Chalk is Falling
For full poems in text and audio:
Bella Li (Arthur Rimbaud) | Jakob Ziguras (Stanisław Barańczak)

EPISODE FOUR: Hands Disappear Into Wood
For full poems in text and audio:
Melody Paloma (Jennifer Rankin) | Sam Wagan Watson (Martin Harrison)

EPISODE FIVE: The Eyes Of Those Who Came Before
For full poems in text and audio:
Abe Nouk (Maya Angelou) | Celestine Rowe (Tupac Shakur)

Produced by Maisie Cohen. Read her Reflection.



Curious? Eavesdrop on some of the interviews...