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Cameron and Ramak share poems and talk art. Who is this ’Persian’ and this ’Poet’? Ramak Bamzar is a conceptual photographer who recently completed her Masters in Fine Arts at RMIT. She has always had a love for poetry and she’s ’The Persian’ of this duo, having moved to Melbourne from Iran 12 years ago. Cameron Semmens is ’The Poet’ of this team with 30 years experience on the stage and the page, with 27 books to his name. As well as being relentlessly poetic Cameron also does book design, well-being facilitation and training to be a professional counsellor. Their websites: www.ramakbamzar.com www.webcameron.com
Episodes

Saturday Sep 12, 2020
6... Secrets... and Rumi
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Episode 6 : Secrets... and Rumi.
Poem 1 : ’They are a secret’ by Cameron Semmens; translation into Farsi by Ramak Bamzar. Music : ‘Frederique’ by Michael Carney.
Poem 2 : A selection of quatrains by Rumi; translation into English by Maryam Mafi and Azima Melita Kolin. Music : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
Title music : ‘A Warm Welcome’ by Jared Haschek. Podcast produced by Cameron Semmens. Photography and graphic design by Ramak Bamzar.

Saturday Sep 05, 2020
5... A Room Full of Rumi
Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Episode 5 : A Room Full of Rumi.
1 : ’Come Into Me’ by Cameron Semmens; translation by Ramak Bamzar. Music : ‘God’ by Spike Mason www.spikemason.com
2 : A ghazal by Rumi; translation into English by Mariam Maafi. Music : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
Poems 3 and 4 by Rumi.
Title music by Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com
Podcast produced by Cameron Semmens. Photography and graphic design by Ramak Bamzar.

Sunday Aug 30, 2020
4... The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam... and Butterflies
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Episode 4 : The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam… and Butterflies.
Poem 1 : ’The Father of Butterflies’ by Cameron Semmens; translation into Farsi by Ramak Bamzar. Music : ‘Viewed from The Climb’ from the album ‘Separate Journeys’ by Spike Mason www.spikemason.com
Poem 2 : ’The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ compiled by Kamran Kuhestany; translation into English by Dr. Rosen. Music : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
Title music : ‘A Warm Welcome’ by Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com
Podcast produced by Cameron Semmens : www.webcameron.com
Photography and graphic design by Ramak Bamzar : www.ramakbamzar.com

Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
3... Love and Death
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Episode 3: LOVE and DEATH
Title music : ‘A Warm Welcome’ by Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com
Poem 1 : ’Still Trying To’ by Cameron Semmens. Translation into Farsi by Ramak Bamzar. Music : ‘Chasm’ from the album ‘Separate Journeys’ by Spike Mason www.spikemason.com
Poem 2 : ’I Will Greet The Sun Again’ by Forough Farouzad. Music : Rod Gear www.rodgearmusic.com
Podcast produced by Cameron Semmens : www.webcameron.com
Photography and graphic design by Ramak Bamzar : www.ramakbamzar.com

Saturday Aug 15, 2020
2... The Forest And Forough
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Episode 2: The Forest and Forough.
Poem1 : ’What Happened in The Forest?’ by Cameron Semmens. Translation into Farsi by Ramak Bamzar.
Poem 2 : ’Another Birth’ by Forough Farouzad. Translation into English by Karim Emami.
All music by Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com
Photography and Graphic design: Ramak Bamzar
Podcast produced by Cameron Semmens.

Sunday Aug 09, 2020
1... Shiraz and Poetry
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Poem 1 : ‘As I Stand on Edge of The Park’ by Cameron Semmens. Translation into Farsi by Ramak Bamzar.
Poem 2 : ‘The Bird May Die’ by Forough Farrokhzad. Translation into English by Maryam Dilmaghani.
All music by Jared Haschek: jaredhaschek.com
Photography and Graphic design: Ramak Bamzar
Podcast produced by Cameron Semmens.