Poems of the Month – July 2021: Steve Evans and Helen Parsons

Congratulations to the joint winners for the July 2021 Poem of the Month: Steve Evans for Epilogue and Helen Parsons for Elizabeth at her Writing Desk, as selected by 2021 FSP Anthology editors Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally.

Steve Evans
Epilogue

As he lay dying,
it was someone else’s life
that flashed before his eyes.
Too late to ask for his money back.
No choice but to watch the show.

A blitzing synopsis of past attractions, 
it included a tall woman
rising from a bath,
whom he might have loved
if he was not himself,
then two small children holding hands
in a garden more tropical than his own
and, in the background, the glare
of a harbour lit by sails.… Click for more

FSP Featured Poets at Halifax Cafe in July: Steve Brock and Alison Flett – cancelled…

Image of Steve courtesy of Royce Kurmelovs

Thursday 29th July 2021 – CANCELLED

Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax Street, Adelaide.

Due to the likelihood of on-going restrictions following the lock-down, we are obliged to cancel the July Featured Poets at Halifax session. Hopefully, we will be back in the final Thursday of September for a night to remember. Please keep an eye on the website and Facebook pages for updates.

Steve Brock has published four collections of poetry including “Double Glaze” (Five Islands Press, 2013) and “Live at Mr Jake’s” (Wakefield Press 2020). He is the co-translator of “Poetry of the Earth: Mapuche Trilingual Anthology” (Interactive Press 2014).… Click for more

FSP July City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 5th July, 2021
from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

3 minutes maximum time per reader. All poems read by members will be eligible for submission to the next Anthology. You can bring along two hard copies to submit on the night or you can submit via the on-line form below.

Under current COVID-19 regulations, you will need to check in with a QR code or sign-in and you MUST WEAR A MASK while seated in the venue.

Click here to read a summary of the regulations.

Click here to read the actual regulations.

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Poems of the Month – May 2021

Congratulations to the joint winners for the May 2021 Poem of the Month: Martin Christmas for Not skimming lightly and Geoff Johnston for Braid, as selected by 2021 FSP Anthology editors Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally.

Martin Christmas
Not skimming lightly

You stand at water’s edge,
Outer Harbor boat ramp.
The water ebbs and flows gently. 

Across the way
the Sea Span New Delhi
loads containers.
Methodically the crane lowers
each container onto the deck.

In India, day by day,
Covid virus deaths methodically rise.

At Outer Harbor, an Indian father
and his 2 kids exit their Nissan sedan
at the top of the ramp.… Click for more

Thank you, David!

David Harris: FSP Treasurer & Anthology Editor in 2016

Friendly Street Poets Inc would like to acknowledge the valuable contribution David Harris has given to our organisation. We offer our gratitude for all the work he has done over many years as Committee Member, Chair of the Membership Sub-Committee, Editor and keeper of the membership data base. David is still maintaining a role on the Membership Sub-Committee and remains a valuable and much loved member of Friendly Street Poets. We now wish him more time and space to continue to produce his excellent poetry and share it with us.

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