Protest Poetry Podcast: Recent Episodes
Carlos Luis
The Aboriginal poets of Australia become the spokespersons for their people raising concerns, expressing problems that the indigenous people face, and objecting collectively. The composition of poetry, therefore, is a political stance as activists. Therefore, in the assessment of the Political Protest Poetry we mustn’t forget the most-purchased Australian Poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal. In this podcast we will be exploring her Political Protest Poetry.
The episode highlights the need to be a single race despite the differences that render us unique. 'All One Race' by Oodgeroo Noonuccal fills the readers with that hope of oneness.
'We Are Going' by Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a poem that remains with you and disturbs you for sure. In this episode, we discuss the concerns that Oodgeroo so vehemently discusses in the poem. 'We Are Going' could mean a move ahead acknowledging the past and the present, and recognizing that the future could be worst or the best.
In this episode, we discuss the most celebrated and intriguing poem 'The Dispossessed' by Oodgeroo Noonuccal. She passionately brings out the fact of belongingness and how it is being snatched away by the colonialists.