Podcasts

An age-diverse cast reflects temporal vertigo in old people

November 5, 2023

Why use actors in their 40s, 50s, 70s and 80s for characters in their 90s? The director of Secret Lives of Extremely Old People has good reasons.

Aging beauty — instant poem

October 12, 2022

Inspired by an old wooden fence I sing in praise of older humans also

Old woman wearing purple hat, red sweater, purple brooch, red boots, five rings and two necklaces.

What are you wearing, old woman?—a poem about disruptive senior style

June 21, 2019

What are you wearing, old woman?/ Are you in Jenny Joseph red / with a purple hat that doesn’t go?/Or are you in sloppy old workout clothes/ because you might work out today/(you never know)

Poster for poetry reading in Paekakariki, NZ: two 70s poets. Rebels in the 1970s. Poets in their 70s.

Two 70s poets: joy of writing, reading and being read to—a 79th birthday project

February 19, 2019

Poetry reading 24 February, Two 70s poets. Write-Into-Life blog project: joy of writing, reading, and being read to. Paekakariki, NZ

Hillside with grey creepers smothering trees

Funeral thoughts — a poem

February 7, 2019

Never mind that my last words / were “Bloody hell!” Bloody hell / was not the grand summation/ of my time on earth.