Astropoetrica Live

List of Poems and Creative Commons Music
In Relative Order

Please note that as this he first iteration of our creative project that the order of the poetry below may have changed, and some poems may have been added. This list will be adjusted after the live performance, so please feel free to check back.

The Light of Stars Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882)
Music: Venus – Holst

My God, It’s Full of Stars 3. (2011) Tracy K Smith
Music: Elysium – Semion Krivenko-Adamov

My God, It’s Full of Stars 5. (2011) Tracy K Smith
Music: If only I could stop the clock – Maarten Schellekens

Fuck your Lecture on Craft, My People are Dying (2020) Noor Hindi 
Music: Dance of the Hesperides – Semion Krivenko-Adamov 

We are Listening 1.  (1991) Diane Ackerman
Music: Wojciech Kwapisiński – muzyka programowana mająca na celu zapewnienie powszechnego szczęścia

Singularity (2012) Marie Howe
Music: Maarten Schellekens – Last Voyage

The Light of Stars Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882)
Music: Mars- Holst

We are Listening 2.  (1991) Diane Ackerman
Music: Wojciech Kwapisiński – muzyka programowana mająca na celu zapewnienie powszechnego szczęścia

My God, It’s Full of Stars 1. (2011) Tracy K Smith 
Music: Wojciech Kwapisiński – muzyka programowana mająca na celu zapewnienie powszechnego szczęścia

My God, It’s Full of Stars 4. (2011) Tracy K Smith 
Music: Sascha_Ende_-_Also_Sprach_Zarathustra_(feat._Richard_Strauss)_(cc-by)_(filmmusic)

A Night Piece William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850)
Music: Clair_de_lune_(Claude_Debussy)_Suite_bergamasque

The Moon and the Yew Tree (1994)Tory Dent
Music: Maarten Schellekens – Beyond the Crest

PI Wisława Szymborska (1923 – 2012)
Music: Mercury – Holst

Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare (1922) Edna St. Vincent Millay 
Music: Maarten Schellekens – Last Voyage

Ulysses (1833) Alfred Lord Tennyson
Music: Maarten Schellekens – Beyond the Crest

The Moon and the Yew Tree (1994) Tory Dent
Music: Venus – Holst

Cameron Hindrum Picture

🌌 Astropoetica — Poetry Under the Stars 🌌
Featuring Cameron Hindrum.

Experience a night where poetry, music, and the cosmos collide at Launceston Planetarium. Astropoetica, another lead-in event to the Tasmanian Poetry Festival, blends centuries of celestial verse into one powerful voice, set to music beneath a shimmering canopy of stars. ✨
Only 42 seats be quick and grab your tickets now!

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