{"id":3536,"date":"2020-05-15T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/?p=3536"},"modified":"2020-05-13T16:59:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T06:29:52","slug":"poetry-spotlight-elsewhere-variations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/2020\/05\/poetry-spotlight-elsewhere-variations\/","title":{"rendered":"POETRY SPOTLIGHT: ‘Subject Matter Sonnet’ by Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today, discover a poem taken from The Elsewhere Variations<\/em><\/a>, a collection by\u00a0Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton. This week’s poetry feature is ‘Subject Matter Sonnet’.
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Post written by Poppy Nwosu<\/pre>\n
Being a newer staff member at Wakefield Press, I am still learning about all the wonderful books we have on offer. So this week, when it came to choose a poet for our Poem of the Week series, I had to request some help!<\/p>\n
What book should I look at? Which poet should I read?<\/p>\n
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I know, right? I can’t believe this is my job either. Reading poetry for work! I used to write about workplace health and safety,\u00a0but am quite pleased about this change of direction.<\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Publisher and director Michael Bollen pointed me in the direction of\u00a0The Elsewhere Variations<\/em><\/a> by Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton. This made me pause. A poetry collection that was written by both<\/em> Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton?<\/p>\n
One<\/em> book.<\/p>\n
By two<\/em> poets?<\/p>\n
Being endlessly fascinated and confused by collaborations, I had to ask Michael how exactly these two poets managed to write a book together? As a writer myself, I just cannot wrap my head around it. Did they write a poem each? Did they write one line each?<\/p>\n
Peter Bakowski’s blog explained<\/a>:<\/p>\n
‘THE ELSEWHERE VARIATIONS is 48 new poems by Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton written in a call-and-response manner via email between Peter in Melbourne and Ken in Adelaide, both poets of long standing and long sitting.’<\/p>\n
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Apparently they are very good at this kind of collaboration, because Michael tells me we can expect more collaborations from them in the future!<\/p>\n
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‘Subject Matter Sonnet’ by Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton<\/h1>\n
The thing that most struck me about the poem I’ve chosen as the feature for this week is that it’s … funny. And delightful. I’m not sure how else to describe it.<\/p>\n
I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did.<\/p>\n
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Discover more about The Elsewhere Variations<\/em><\/a><\/strong> on our website (which also has a selection of other works by Ken Bolton, which you can find HERE<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n
And remember, the best way to show your support for writers, poets, publishers and booksellers is to buy books!<\/strong><\/h1>\n
Support Wakefield Press by buying our beautiful books!\u00a0 Visit our website<\/a> or contact us on 08 8352 4455 for more information, or to purchase a book (or three!).\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>We can post your purchase to your doorstep!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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