FSP November City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 6th November, 2023
from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

$5 to read. 3 minutes per poet

Add your name to the reading list on the night if you want a turn at the mic. Bring two printed copies of your poems with your name and contact details if you want them considered for next year’s anthology, or submit them electronically via the form below after the session.

The meeting will be held under current COVID-19 safety plans if required.

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FSP October 2023 City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 9th October, 2023
from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

$5 to read. 3 minutes per poet

Add your name to the reading list on the night if you want a turn at the mic. Bring two printed copies of your poems with your name and contact details if you want them considered for next year’s anthology, or submit them electronically via the form below after the session.

The meeting will be held under current COVID-19 safety plans as required.

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Poem of the Month – August 2023 – Martha Landman

The Poem of the Month for August 2023, selected by 2023 Anthology Editors, Maria Vouis and Rob Ferris, is Loose-limb Man by Martha Landman The commended poems for August are Haiku & Senryu by Nigel Ford, Cliché Clambake by Veronica Cookson and White Thrift by Geoff Atkin.

Loose-limb Man
Martha Landman

Mother wouldn’t approve.
Not yet old wine, she’d say.
She was taught the virtues of shepherd men
guiding their flock, heavy feet,
calloused hands.
She followed a man of the land,
made good the harshness of his tongue,
watered the trees he planted.
Her virtue woven through sufferance,
a basket holding blame.… Click for more

Launch of New Poets 24 & Single Poet 2023 – SOLD OUT!

Monday 30 October 2023
6:00pm for 6:30pm start

Q on Hallett (the former Q Theatre)
5 Hallett Street (off Halifax Street), Adelaide, SA 5000

This event is now SOLD OUT. Due to space restrictions, only those people WITH TICKETS will be admitted on the night. Unfortunately there can be no exceptions. Highlights from the launch will be posted after the event.

We’re all set to launch the winning publications for the New Poets 24 and Single Poet 2023 competitions. Join us for a special evening filled with poetry, inspiration, and community. Support these talented poets as they take the stage and share their work.… Click for more

FSP September 2023 City Meeting – Open Mic

Monday, 4th September, 2023
from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

$5 to read. 3 minutes per poet

Add your name to the reading list on the night if you want a turn at the mic. Bring two printed copies of your poems with your name and contact details if you want them considered for next year’s anthology, or submit them electronically via the form below after the session.

The meeting will be held under current COVID-19 safety plans as required.

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Poem of the Month – July 2023 – Steve Evans

The Poem of the Month for July 2023, selected by 2023 Anthology Editors, Maria Vouis and Rob Ferris, is Storm by Steve Evans. The commended poems for July are Cast by Fred Willett, Clouds by Michele Slatter  and Mass by Rory Harris.

Storm
Steve Evans

The house is a shattering of wind
and fleeing birds,
its windows shaking in their frames
played like drums in hail-shot rain
as if on the brink of collapse.

How fragile we are in here,
all night paper-thin and fearful,
startled by thundered light
that fractures our brief bravado at a whim
with camera flashes of stunned faces.… Click for more

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