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a runway for my poetry / a slow dive into my fears / confessions and cognitive dissonance // www.atomicheart.fm
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147 - Trying to spin out of this solitary doldrum. If friends can make my process less rigid, I'm all for collaboration. That, and more nimble ways of living with loss. Not in any mood to celebrate.Website: www.atomicheart.fmAlso available on MixcloudCurated and presented by Atom Alicia
146 - Two interviews. Thirty years apart. Each in a building equally complex. States of mind. Variations of floating.Website: www.atomicheart.fmAlso available on MixcloudCurated and presented by Atom Alicia
145 - On the verge of leaving a dream job to interview for a dream job that isn't so much a dream anynore but an 'I owe it to myself'. But this isn't about that. Not when those you dine with turn out to be part of the establishment.Website: www.atomicheart.fmAlso available on MixcloudCurated and presented by Atom Alicia
144 - On handwriting and crushes, and the presense of a song that tells me I ought to look far and away and outside of myself.Website: www.atomicheart.fmAlso available on MixcloudCurated and presented by Atom Alicia
143 - It's been cold. I went out in my thickest coat and was still shivering. Today I bring you a piece I wrote just before Christmas, plus a poem by John Ashbery. People are still trying to figure him out. Website: www.atomicheart.fmAlso available on MixcloudCurated and presented by Atom Alicia
142 - Just so I don't fall through a well to end the year. Here I'd like to share two prose poems, one of which I wrote very recently as part of a book manuscript I'm working on. I'll continue to use this platform to process my creative struggles in the coming year. Thank you for listening.Website: www.atomicheart.fmAlso available on MixcloudCurated and presented by Atom Alicia
141 - A walk through the park. A ravine. A pond. A poem by Kevin Irie. And a bit of reflection on the baseball. Straight to you once again from 105.9 The Region, broadcasting from Toronto, Canada. Let's go Blue Jays!!!!!!!Access to the mixtapePlaylist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom AliciaParty like it's '93.
140 - At the library I pick out my outfit. I wear it on the bus and on my way to the studio. Thoughts on writing and wilderness from the former Canadian poet laureate John Steffler. Straight to you once again from 105.9 The Region, broadcasting from Toronto, Canada. Access to radio cutPlaylist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom AliciaLet's go Blue Jays!!
139 - Straight to you from the studio of 105.9 The Region broadcasting from Toronto, Canada. Cheers to poetry from Chinese-Canadian poets Isabella Wang and Natalie Lim. In your words I found the kind of solace I didn't know I needed. Access to radio cutPlaylist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom AliciaLet's go Blue Jays!!
138 - Pre-flight and other postponements. From my tiny room I bring you a quartet of Hong Kong poets with a mix of works in English and Canto. Three of them have a Canadian connection. Florence Ng and Nicole Lam are my fellow contributors to Canto Cutie Vol. 9. HK-Canadian poet 不清 presented his poetry at a recent concert (which I had to miss). HK storyteller 雄仔叔叔 once again reminded me to stay true to myself and to my work. Check out his new book.Access to radio cut is on Mixcloud Playlist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom Alicia
137 - And so we go for a ride on Alternative Bus Routes in a City Long Gone, Portia Yu's micro-chap published by Ghost City Press as part of their 2025 Summer Series. Portia is a fellow Hong Kong poet and I was quite taken by her latest work so here you go~Please enjoy a copy of Canto Cutie Vol. 9 which contains three poems on nature by yours trulyRadio version archived on Mixcloud Playlist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom Alicia
136 - The seed of competition. Who planted it? Following a conversation over the topic of what we leave behind and how much time we really have, I bring you two poems by the same poet. One written near the end of life, the other in young adulthood. Today's poems: 大尾篤冬景 / 梁秉鈞 with English translation by Shiu-pang Almberg 'Winter Scene from Tai Mei Tuk' by Leung Ping-kwan + 茶 / 梁秉鈞 Please enjoy a copy of Canto Cutie Vol. 9 which features three of my poems on natureRadio version archived on Mixcloud Playlist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom Alicia
135 - I revisit my early years of living in Hong Kong when I tried to present myself as a poet who writes in Chinese (!?) plus a light-hearted moment I shared with the late great poet Leung Ping-kwan. Fresh from the oven (!!) I've got five poems being published at this time through two of my favourite publications: Voice & Verse and Canto Cutie.Today's poems: 鴛鴦 / 梁秉鈞 with English translation by Martha Cheung: 'Tea-coffee' by Leung Ping-kwan Radio version archived on Mixcloud Playlist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom Alicia
134 - Long poem alert. But seriously, when was the last time you had to start life in a new country while feeling young and ambitious and missing home a little? Those bits of home you brought with you... How did they serve you in your new surroundings and aspirations?Today's poems: 樂海崖的月亮 / 梁秉鈞 with English translation by Gordon T. Osing: 'The Moon in La Jolla' by Leung Ping-kwanRadio version archived on Mixcloud Playlist: www.atomicheart.fm打書釘 Nose in the BooksAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom Alicia
133 - Speaking from my tiny room in Causeway Bay for the first time since May. A home is remembered by the way we move within it. And this feels like home. At least for now. Poems from Bill Holm and our recent Hong Kong feature Lawrence PunRadio version archived on Mixcloud Playlist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom Alicia
132 - This is the last broadcast from my summer retreat before I move back to my subdivided space, a raging urban landscape awaits. A few days ago I ran into an old friend, a fellow poet, while riding the 64K bus that takes me home from Kam Sheung Road Station. Poems from Mary Oliver plus our recent Hong Kong feature and a bonus piece by 米米Radio version archived on Mixcloud Playlist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom Alicia
131 - The excitement of having written a good piece fades rather fast for me. Less than the duration of a cigarette. We have footbridges, hats, and a moment in the karaoke place. Poems from Aaron Belz and our recent Hong Kong feature.Radio version archived on Mixcloud Playlist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom Alicia
130 - Not sure what to make of the way I write while sitting by the window and the window ends up making its way into the poem. Poems from Canada's Sanna Wani plus our recent Hong Kong feature.Radio version archived on Mixcloud Playlist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom Alicia
129 - I tell a friend why I write these frames that go nowhere. The value of reaching deep within by simply noticing things around me. Poets include Marie Howe and our Hong Kong feature 潘國靈 Radio version archived on Mixcloud Playlist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom Alicia
128 - Very excited to be featured in an event this weekend where I'll be reading from a completed manuscript of poems that reflect on diaspora, religious trauma, and caregiving. Today I give you two poems from Safa Khatib's debut collection A Dress of Locusts.🍎 Come to my poetry event at Kubrick on July 27Radio version archived on Mixcloud Playlist: www.atomicheart.fmAtomic Heart airs weekly on CFMS 105.9Curated and presented by Atom Alicia
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