FSP November City Meeting and Open Mic
Monday, 1st November, 2021
from 6:00pm
The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000
$5 to read. 3 minutes per poet.
Current COVID-19 guidelines (unless they change) allow us up to 72 people and we’re ready to hear your poetry.
You just sign in – via QR code or handwriting – and then add your name to the reading list if you want a turn at the mic. Bring two copies of your poems for the current editors if you want those considered for next year’s anthology, or submit them electronically via the form below straight after the night.
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Poem of the Month – September 2021: After the Cremation by Martha Landman
Congratulations to Martha Landman, winner, September 2021 Poem of the Month, as selected by 2021 FSP Anthology editors Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally.
After the Cremation
by Martha Landman
I polish the copperplate, sing laments to your ashes
until the earth questions the rain, persecuting it
for the myth of peaceful words in a lifeless land.
I’m an empty-handed sailor in a foreign port.
We converse in sign language. I tell your ashes
the nut trees are dry, the pump is broken, the ostrich
next door had two chicks. I tell them there are days
when even the sea is quiet, unfamiliar with its own undercurrent.… Click for more
FSP Big Book Launch #1: change of venue!
Tonight’s launch has had to to be moved to the Halifax Cafe… !
Friendly Street Poets Inc. is proud to launch two great new books:
New Poets 22 featuring Veronica Cookson, Rob Ferris and Sue O’Brien
Lament by Michèle Saint-Yves
Monday, 25th October, 2021
6:00pm for 6:30pm
Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax Street, Adelaide
COVID restrictions mean that our numbers are restricted. The poets can each invite a limited number of guests, leaving only 44 spots for others wishing to attend. If you are not one of those nominated by the poets, you will need to register ASAP using the form below.… Click for more
FSP October City Meeting and Open Mic
Monday, 11th October, 2021
from 6:00pm
The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000
$5 to read. 3 minutes per poet.
Current COVID-19 guidelines (unless they change) allow us up to 72 people and we’re ready to hear your poetry.
You just sign on – via QR code or handwriting – and then add your name to the reading list if you want a turn at the mic. Bring two copies of your poems for the current editors if you want those considered for next year’s anthology, or submit them electronically via the form below straight after the night.
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Poem of the Month – July 2021: Like, Shakespeare by Gordon McPherson
Congratulations to Gordon McPherson, winner, July 2021 Poem of the Month, as selected by 2021 FSP Anthology editors Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally.
Like, Shakespeare…
by Gordon McPherson
We’re doing Hamlet,
and there’s this dude
called Yorick,
and like, that’s a real name,
so incredulity,
and he’s standing in a grave,
and I’m like, eeeyuuuuw!
and this gross out skull
like in NCIS,
how unsanitation!
and Hamlet
he’s a prince,
and he’s telling Yorick
he’s a lass
and half my head
goes all magic pie
and the blackbirds
and WTF?
and the other half
is all mega brill
and clownspray and LOL
and I’m all, like,
where’s the remote?… Click for more