Monthly Archives: February 2011
“O Hypnotizing Death!” by Zireaux
O Hypnotizing Death! by Zireaux O what a hypnotizer death is! A swindling shrink! A fraudulent Freud! The deepest thoughts a mind possesses extracted by the charmer’s void! I once knew of a sick pet parrot who hated human touch. … Continue reading
Filed under Kamal, Book One, Poetry by Zireaux
Amends to the Albatross — Episode Ten, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One through Ten of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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Goodbye to Father — Episode Nine, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One through Nine of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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Holding My Wife at Gunpoint — Episode Eight, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One through Eight of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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My New New Zealand — Episode Seven, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One to Seven of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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The Poet’s Ghost — Episode Six, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One to Six of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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Tuesday Poem: “Of Mere Being,” by Wallace Stevens
Selected for Immortal Muse by Zireaux (read Zireaux’s comments on this poem) Of Mere Being by Wallace Stevens The palm at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought, rises In the bronze distance. A gold-feathered bird Sings in … Continue reading
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A Helicopter Ride — Episode Five, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One to Five of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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The Wife and Her House — Episode Four, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One to Four of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. Our narrator, Arcady … Continue reading
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The Island and the Albatross — Episode Three, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One to Three of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Third … Continue reading
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The Telltale Baby Photo — Episode Two, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One and Two of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Second … Continue reading
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Several Hundred People Dead — Episode One, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Res Publica, Episode One, read by New Zealand actor-laureate and master story-teller, Stewart Devenie, is available on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). In this First Episode, we meet the narrator, Arcady Robinson, who … Continue reading
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“The Way Through the Woods,” by Rudyard Kipling
Selected for Immortal Muse by Zireaux (read Zireaux’s comments on this poem) The Way Through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling They shut the road through the woods Seventy years ago. Weather and rain have undone it again, And now you … Continue reading
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“On Being Duped by Indian Reality TV” (Returning to Auckland Tomorrow) by Zireaux
I do not write of love that’s unrequited. No! I write of love attained then blighted. Of beauty gained then lost; of pleasure’s throne ascended, a million paradises owned; of oceans crossed and golden fleeces found; I write of Sheba … Continue reading
Filed under Kamal, Book One, Poetry by Zireaux
