Murray Hartin: Bush Yarns, Big Laughs & Poems That Hit Home | Chiming In
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Australian poet and storyteller Murray Hartin joins Chimes for an hour of bush yarns, sporting memories and poetry that moves from hilarious to deeply heartfelt. Murray shares how a Tamworth poetry competition launched his career, recalls his rugby days and performs tributes to Dawn Fraser and woodchopping legend David Foster. He also delivers “Turbulence”, the powerful “Rain from Nowhere” and a cheeky poem written especially for the Fanatics TV crew.
A conversation about Australian characters, friendship, family and the power of a good story.
This episode contains strong language and discussion of depression and suicide.
TIMECODES
00:00 - Introducing Murray Hartin 01:00 - Finding poetry and winning at Tamworth 04:07 - Rugby yarns and the story behind “Gluteus Maximus” 06:21 - “Gluteus Maximus” performance 08:23 - Remembering poems and making a living 10:03 - Journalism, Tamworth and the Naked Poets 12:07 - Getting to know Dawn Fraser 15:10 - Dawn Fraser tribute performance 18:58 - Dawn’s story behind the Olympic flag controversy 20:36 - Woodchopping legend David Foster 22:17 - Smart Pups and changing lives 23:26 - “Born to Swing an Axe” performance 27:34 - Turning real lives into poetry 28:40 - Murray’s shortest poem 29:56 - Gympie Muster and poets’ breakfasts 30:38 - Radio, Parliament and the reach of poetry 32:15 - Billy Hayes and the story behind “Turbulence” 35:17 - “Turbulence” performance 39:18 - Poetry in schools and connecting with a crowd 42:41 - “The Tragic Kiwi Love Poem” performance 43:48 - Finding ideas, Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson 47:48 - The story behind “Rain from Nowhere” 50:56 - “Rain from Nowhere” performance 54:39 - Footy memories and catching up with Murray 56:11 - The koala and possum gunfight 56:47 - The Tamworth winning poem performance 58:23 - “Chimes of the Times”, a poem for Fanatics TV 01:00:05 - Final thoughts and farewell Head to www.fanatics.tv for written versions of these interviews. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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