Parhaat Shards The 1 Poem Podcast Of Cameron Semmens Podcastit (2024)

Poem: 'Body under a sheet' written and read by Cameron Semmens. Additional reading by Ramak Bamzar.Music: 'Ascent' by Hildur Guðnadóttir from the album 'Without Sinking'.Image: Close-up of 'Scene 3' from the photography series 'Pro Femina' by Ramak Bamzar, 2023.Kirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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31… First I must tell you about my trip to Norway 2:37

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Inspiration poetic heartbreak hope loveKirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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30... Space Cam with Dan – Send me your asteroids! 14:19

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Poem from Cam... a chat with Dan. From the book ‘A Brief History of Time With Cake’, Cam shares his poem about self-expression, connection and vulnerability: ‘The Asteroid Theory for The Extinction of Despair’.Kirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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29... If you watch for long enough 2:28

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Spoken words... if you're stressed... here's an idea...Poem written and spoken by Cameron SemmensKirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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28... Fluke and Talon - recorded LIVE on Ocean Grove beach 4:42

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from the book: Upside DrowningKirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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27... Two poems for the one I love 3:27

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27... Two poems for the one I love by Cameron SemmensKirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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26... The Spring and The Forest 4:20

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Cam memorialising in a poem the very first time he heard a poem spoken in Persian back in late 2019 ... it was shared by a fascinating, arty woman he'd just met ... she goes by the name of Ramak!'The Spring and The Forest' by Cameron Semmens. Music : ‘Love her and she will watch over you’ by Luke Pittman.Poem in Farsi in the background: 'Let Us Bel…

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25... listening to the ocean 3:54

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from the book 'Upside DrowningKirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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24 : Curious fragments of memory 2:31

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Curious fragments of memory... a poem from the book Upside Drowning - poems from the edge of the ocean by Cameron Semmens.Kirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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23 : Like a wave veiled with spray 2:06

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Like a wave veiled with spray... recorded live by the beach, 2021From the book Upside Drowning – poems by edge of the oceanby Cameron SemmensKirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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Shards - 22 - Rapid 'I' Movement Towards You 3:44

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Poem: Rapid 'I' Movement Towards You.Initial sound-effect: Spike Mason.Background organ: Jared Haschek.Orchestral piece beneath the poem: Luke Pittman.Kirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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Shards - 21 - Petalled Pillows And Thorny Sheets (Parts 1 And 2) 4:49

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Shards - 21 - Petalled Pillows And Thorny Sheets (Parts 1 And 2)Thank you to Spike Mason for the new title sound effects.Thank you Rod Gear for the background tracks to the poems.Kirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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Shards - 20 - In The Mountains 2:46

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In The Mountains ... by Cameron SemmensKirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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Shards - 19 - They Are A Secret 4:14

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by Cameron SemmensKirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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Shards - 18 - Come Into Me... In English And Farsi 4:41

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Poem by Cameron SemmensTranslation by Ramak BamzarMusic by Jared HaschekKirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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Shards - 17 - The Father Of Butterflies... in English and Farsi 3:52

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Poem by Cameron SemmensTranslation by Ramak Bamzar... also check out: The Persian and The Poet for more of the like!Theme music : Jared HaschekPoem music : Spike MasonKirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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Shards - 16 - Trees And The Taste Of Shadow 3:09

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Trees and The Taste of ShadowWhen a tree fallshow can its shadow stand?And yetin the forest behind our eyesshadows stretchfar into the future.Even when the tree has long since fallenand rotted and returnedto the fecund, hungry soil of history;even when the sun, with its golden tongue, is licking the ridges of mountainsmemories are longer than shado…

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Shards - 15 - The Fern Cycle 3:53

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Today I take my hunchbacked heartfor a walk in cathedrals of trees.And each stepoff-road, off-grid, on dirt,returns me to an earlier me –to a memory of milk teeth smiles and always look up.And with each step, on this day(I wish it always felt like this),my thoughts become more like dragonflies;and my muscles more like winter bees;and slowly the ski…

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Shards - 13 - The Joy Finch 3:30

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wait un-fisted with all your openness seeded with hopeand joy will visitlike a finch from the dark understoryand joy will returnwith a sudden flit and flash of colourno matter what sadly you will be unhappy at timesand all those around youand all those you lovewill be unhappy at timesbut equally no matter whatjoy will visit fleeting fine-feathered …

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Shards - 12 - Fear Is A Stick Insect 1:27

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Suddenly it twigs!Fear is a stick insecthiding in the branches of my thinking;eating awayat my budding dreams;nibbling out holesin the leaves of my beliefs.I see it now! I see it!Kirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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Shards - 11 - Singularity 2:28

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Before we enterknowingwe are alwaysspinningthere’s an astronomy in us allthat speaks more of spacethan lightand we are spun through in-betweensuntil caught in the gravityof that single questionthat black hole at galaxy’s centrethat mysteryso heavy and pivotaleverything revolves around it– everything –and the closer we get to thisultimate horizon(th…

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Shards - 10 - Thankfullness Is A Team Of Huskies 2:49

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Shards - 10 - Thankfullness Is A Team Of Huskies by Cameron SemmensKirjoittanut Cameron Semmens

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Shards - 14 - Upon Holding A Brand New Person 3:56

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Give melodies to everything you say,new life must be sung into this world.Let your arms be a lush valley. With syrupy staressway like a grove of maples in a gentle breeze.Watch their eyes.Whisper ‘open sesame’. Keep watching.Study the red river deltas on their eyelids;and in your mind, follow these tiny rivuletsto their surging source.Keep watching…