“No Wave” poetry at the Wheatsheaf Hotel
Wednesday 4th July, 7pm, $5 entry
Featuring Michael Atkin (NSW), Dominic Symes, Cary Hamlyn and Matthew Morison
Wheatsheath Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton.
Members
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!
Belinda Broughton book launch
Belinda Broughton has a new book of poems, A Slip of the Tongue, published by Ginninderra Press and launched by Louise Nicholas.
2pm, Sunday 1st July, 2018
The Box Factory, 28 Regent Street, Adelaide.
Everyone is welcome to come along and support the launch!
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
Two poems by Ros Schulz in In Daily
FSP stalwart Ros Shulz has two poems, Pondering with Pelicans and Waiting for It published in In Daily.
Ros Schulz spent her childhood in the Barossa Valley and Murray Mallee before settling in Adelaide. A mother of four and grandmother of six, she has strong interests in children and people in general, in mental health, and in the landscape and nature. A high school teacher for 12 years in country South Australia and Adelaide and for a year in London, she was also a TAFE lecturer in Communication Studies for a further 15 years, writing resource books.… Click for more