Spoken Word - Aloma Davis Interview

Thursday, 18 July 2024 - 9:00am to 9:30am

In this episode of 3CR's Spoken Word show aired on Thursday 18 July 2024, you will hear an interview with poet, Aloma Davis.

Aloma Davis’s poetry is concerned with social justice, beauty and kindness.  Despite her best efforts, birds frequently fly into her poems.  In 2022, she was a national finalist in the Australian Poetry Slam; in 2023, one of her poems was selected to be part of the International Human Rights Art Festival in New York; and in 2024, she received a Red Room Poetry Fellowship.  She divides her time between living in Melbourne, Australia, and living in her head, where she has a library with one of those sliding ladders, Haast's eagle as a pet, and work-life balance.

Poems written and performed by Aloma Davis in this episode:

Tide

Little Kite

Worth It

Last Flight

 

Note

This recording has a trigger warning around death and grief. Please practice self care and if you need to speak to someone, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

 

Credits

Recorded and produced by Indrani Perera.

Thank you to Aloma Davis for sharing her poetry and to you for listening!

 

Thursday 9:00am to 9:30am
A program dedicated to the eclectic world of poetry and performance. Guests are contemporary poets who read and discuss their works.

Presenter

Di Cousens, Indrani Perera, Tina Giannoukos, and Waffle IronGirl

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