Provocative kiwi-US poet, Zireaux, has chosen Kath and Kim
of the Australian TV comedy as his poets for Tuesday
Poem this week. As he says:
"If Kath and Kim were ever
told they spoke the language of poetry, they'd be the first to give earnest
impassioned readings at the Fountain Gate bookstore and pawn their own
chapbooks at the gym. Playing fools in the name of beauty is what they do
best."
But are they, you know, well, poets? Zireaux
declares them 'pitch perfect' and has picked two extracts from their scripts
- Dippity Bix and Chimpanzee - to support his
argument.
And when you've finished with Kath and Kim, check out a
range of poetry in the sidebar - from David Wagoner to Rhian Gallagher to John
Masefield, and the birthday poem for the website's collective called The
Poets' Birthday is still being aired.
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