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States of Poetry WA Podcast | Two poems by John Kinsella

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States of Poetry Podcast - Series Two

John Kinsella reads his poems 'Swimming Pool' and 'Graphology Endgame 100: I am a dickhead' which feature in series two of the Western Australian States of Poetry anthology.

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