What's at the centre of a ring?A suite of 2 poems.Poem 1:'A poem with late night whiskey on an anniversary' by Cameron Semmens.Music: 'He died for all of us' by Hildur Guðnadóttir & Rutger Hoedemaekers from the album: Trapped (Original Television Series Soundtrack).Poem 2.'A poem with a hint of champagne on a wedding day' by Cameron Semmens.Music: …

from my new book...Oleh Cameron Semmens

Poem: 'Body under a sheet' written and read by Cameron Semmens. Additional reading by Ramak Bamzar.Music: 'Ascent' by Hildur Guðnadóttir from the album 'Without Sinking'.Image: Close-up of 'Scene 3' from the photography series 'Pro Femina' by Ramak Bamzar, 2023.Oleh Cameron Semmens

Inspiration poetic heartbreak hope loveOleh Cameron Semmens

Poem from Cam... a chat with Dan. From the book ‘A Brief History of Time With Cake’, Cam shares his poem about self-expression, connection and vulnerability: ‘The Asteroid Theory for The Extinction of Despair’.Oleh Cameron Semmens

Spoken words... if you're stressed... here's an idea...Poem written and spoken by Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

from the book: Upside DrowningOleh Cameron Semmens

27... Two poems for the one I love by Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

Cam memorialising in a poem the very first time he heard a poem spoken in Persian back in late 2019 ... it was shared by a fascinating, arty woman he'd just met ... she goes by the name of Ramak!'The Spring and The Forest' by Cameron Semmens. Music : ‘Love her and she will watch over you’ by Luke Pittman.Poem in Farsi in the background: 'Let Us Bel…

from the book 'Upside DrowningOleh Cameron Semmens

Curious fragments of memory... a poem from the book Upside Drowning - poems from the edge of the ocean by Cameron Semmens.Oleh Cameron Semmens

Like a wave veiled with spray... recorded live by the beach, 2021From the book Upside Drowning – poems by edge of the oceanby Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

Poem: Rapid 'I' Movement Towards You.Initial sound-effect: Spike Mason.Background organ: Jared Haschek.Orchestral piece beneath the poem: Luke Pittman.Oleh Cameron Semmens

Shards - 21 - Petalled Pillows And Thorny Sheets (Parts 1 And 2)Thank you to Spike Mason for the new title sound effects.Thank you Rod Gear for the background tracks to the poems.Oleh Cameron Semmens

In The Mountains ... by Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

by Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

Poem by Cameron SemmensTranslation by Ramak BamzarMusic by Jared HaschekOleh Cameron Semmens

Poem by Cameron SemmensTranslation by Ramak Bamzar... also check out: The Persian and The Poet for more of the like!Theme music : Jared HaschekPoem music : Spike MasonOleh Cameron Semmens

Trees and The Taste of ShadowWhen a tree fallshow can its shadow stand?And yetin the forest behind our eyesshadows stretchfar into the future.Even when the tree has long since fallenand rotted and returnedto the fecund, hungry soil of history;even when the sun, with its golden tongue, is licking the ridges of mountainsmemories are longer than shado…

Today I take my hunchbacked heartfor a walk in cathedrals of trees.And each stepoff-road, off-grid, on dirt,returns me to an earlier me –to a memory of milk teeth smiles and always look up.And with each step, on this day(I wish it always felt like this),my thoughts become more like dragonflies;and my muscles more like winter bees;and slowly the ski…

wait un-fisted with all your openness seeded with hopeand joy will visitlike a finch from the dark understoryand joy will returnwith a sudden flit and flash of colourno matter what sadly you will be unhappy at timesand all those around youand all those you lovewill be unhappy at timesbut equally no matter whatjoy will visit fleeting fine-feathered …

Suddenly it twigs!Fear is a stick insecthiding in the branches of my thinking;eating awayat my budding dreams;nibbling out holesin the leaves of my beliefs.I see it now! I see it!Oleh Cameron Semmens

Before we enterknowingwe are alwaysspinningthere’s an astronomy in us allthat speaks more of spacethan lightand we are spun through in-betweensuntil caught in the gravityof that single questionthat black hole at galaxy’s centrethat mysteryso heavy and pivotaleverything revolves around it– everything –and the closer we get to thisultimate horizon(th…

Shards - 10 - Thankfullness Is A Team Of Huskies by Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

Give melodies to everything you say,new life must be sung into this world.Let your arms be a lush valley. With syrupy staressway like a grove of maples in a gentle breeze.Watch their eyes.Whisper ‘open sesame’. Keep watching.Study the red river deltas on their eyelids;and in your mind, follow these tiny rivuletsto their surging source.Keep watching…

Shards - 04 - You Bring The Story I Bring The Coffee by Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

Shards - 05 - Hold Hold The Sacred Breath by Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

Shards - 06 - Age Is Not Wisdom But It Can Be by Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

Shards - 07 - Thylacine Silence by Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

Hey... take it easy... or you might just burn yourself out.Oleh Cameron Semmens

Just went to the dentist today...thus... this freaky little poem.Oleh Cameron Semmens

The 1 poem podcast of Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

The 1 poem podcast of Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens

The 1 poem podcast of Cameron SemmensOleh Cameron Semmens