Lorna Goodison - Poetry Unbound Plus with Pádraig Ó Tuama

In this conversation, Pádraig Ó Tuama, host of The On Being Project’s Poetry Unbound podcast, and Lorna Goodison discuss poems from her collection Oracabessa (Carcanet 2013) where Lorna Goodison — the former poet laureate of Jamaica — considers journeys to biblical landscapes, sees biblical characters on shorelines in Jamaica and ponders the concept of redemption through ordinary stories and the narratives of women. Lorna’s poetry has the quality of hymnody or prayer, and this conversation will engage Lorna about the musicality of her work as well as the content.

Oracabessa can be found at https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781847772428

This conversation is part of the Poetry Unbound Plus Series co-convened by The On Being Project’s Religious Life and Social Healing team and Washington National Cathedral’s Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage. In these conversations, Pádraig Ó Tuama interviews poets about their work and how it explores Biblical narratives and characters. These conversations are designed with religious and spiritual leaders, students of theology, and those immersed in poetry in mind, but are offered for all and do not require familiarity with the Biblical texts discussed. You can explore the complete Poetry Unbound Plus series on the On Being website: https://onbeing.org/poetry-unbound-plus/

“Our Blessed Country Lady,” “A Cleanse Petition,” and “I am a Love Siren “by Lorna Goodison (Oracabessa, 2013) is used by kind permission of Carcanet Press, Manchester, UK.

Music by Gautam Srikishan

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