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June Poem of the Month

Congratulations to Erica Jolly for her Poem of the Month for June, This Business of Learning, and to Pat Lee for her Commended Poem, I Am One.

This Business of Learning by Erica Jolly

It seems as if I have to wait till now
trying to find out how the process works.
One thing I think I know at last
is this. Probably it began unspoken
the day my father did not come home.

Was that the moment I lost it –
joy in laughter, delight, trust in love
since comfort in my childhood was gone?
Was that the day my childhood died?… Click for more

Ian Coulls book launch

 

Ian Coulls’ new book On the Road to Somewhere Else, published by Ginninderra Press, will be launched by Rob Walker.

Tuesday 24 July, 6:00 pm

Halifax Cafe, 187 Halifax Street, Adelaide.

Live music. Fabulous food and beverages. All welcome!

Rob Walker book launch

Rob Walker has a new chapbook gods for a new world published by Ginninderra Press and launched by Mike Hopkins.

6pm, Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Halifax Cafe, 187 Halifax St, Adelaide.

Books cost $5. Show your gratitude for Halifax Cafe’s support of South Australian poetry by buying a meal or a drink!

May Poem of the Month: Roger Higgins

The Poem of the Month for May is Mirror Image by Roger Higgins. The Commended Poem is Check-mate. Game! by Martin Christmas. Poems selected by Anthology Editors, Veronica Cookson and Lindy Warrell from submissions by FSP members read during May. You can read the poems below.

Mirror Image by Roger Higgins

The mirror stretches the full length of the wall
above twin sinks and a ledge cluttered
with skin creams and cosmetics.
You cannot help but see yourself
in excruciating detail from top to bottom,
by which I really mean buttocks.
Hair is thick but more grey than the brown it was
and too long for your age and demographic,
chest hair also grey and not a suitable camouflage
for dark brown barnacles and sunspots,
your heritage from a younger life
of beaches and back-yard games.… Click for more

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