New Poets 23 launched!

From left to right: Helen Hutton, Heather Nimmo, Stephy Kate Dewan, Shaine Melrose, Heather Taylor Johnson

New Poets 23 was officially launched at a great night on Monday 17 October 2022 at Halifax Cafe attended by about 35 people.

The launch celebrated the collective works of Stephy Kate Dewan (Little Closed Openings), Shaine Melrose (Shooting Words from my Soul) and Heather Nimmo (The Sun Came Up). The poets each read a selection of poems from their collections. Convenor Nigel Ford was the MC for the night with editor, Helen Hutton, launching the book. This year’s judge, Heather Taylor Johnson read her comments. … Click for more

New Poets 23 launch at Halifax Cafe

Monday 17 October 2022
6:00pm for 7:00pm start

Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax Street, Adelaide, SA 5000

Come along and celebrate the launch of New Poets 23, featuring the first published collections of poetry from Stephy Kate Dewan, Shaine Melrose and Heather Nimmo.

MC will be Nigel Ford. Judge, Heather Taylor Johnson will be there to share her feedback about the winning entries.

The winning poets will read selections of their work and copies of the New Poets 23 collection will be available to purchase on the night.

The Halifax Cafe will be open for food and beverages.

Viral Lines: your pandemic life in poetry and pictures – Session 2

Sunday, 30th October, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm

Stirling Library
63 Mount Barker Road, Stirling

$30 / $25 concession includes morning tea.

Discover how to capture love, loss and life during COVID, combining poetic life writing and drawings / photos. 

Satura Poetry Prize Winner, Maria Vouis and Artist / Poet, Julia Wakefield will inspire your inner storyteller with engaging exercises aimed to distill your pandemic memories. 

You will take home a creative work that expresses YOUR COVID experience.

Suitable for teachers’ PD & certificates provided.

Contact: Maria at 0407 354 784.

Supported by SPIN, FSP and the Government of South Australia: SA Health.

Poem of the Month – September 2022 – Margaret Fensom

The Poem of the Month for September 2022, selected by 2022 Anthology Editors, Veronica and David Cookson, is Dreams of the 60s (or whenever) by Margaret Fensom. The commended poems for September are musings from the death bed: exile by Phil Saunders and Road Moment by Valerie Volk.

Dreams of the 60s (or whenever)
Margaret Fensom

Hovering somewhere between
the imperfect perfect housewife
exploited by commercial TV –
The germs under the rim
of your toilet bowl
will come out and lay you low –
and a manqué flower child,
I contemplate the carbon
sequestered on the bottom of my saucepans –
should I still be burning gas?… Click for more

FSP October City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 10th October, 2022
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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Viral Lines: your pandemic life in poetry and pictures

Saturday, 17th Sept, 2022
10:00am – 4:00pm

The OpenDoor Uniting Church
1 Collingwood Street, Goolwa

$30 / $25 concession includes morning tea.

Discover how to capture love, loss and life during COVID, combining poetic life writing and drawings / photos.

Satura Poetry Prize Winner, Maria Vouis and Artist / Poet, Julia Wakefield will inspire your inner storyteller with engaging exercises aimed to distill your pandemic memories.

You will take home a creative work that expresses YOUR COVID experience.

Suitable for teachers’ PD & Certificates provided.

Contact: Maria at 0407 354 784.

Supported by SPIN, FSP and the Government of South Australia: SA Health.

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