Sara Abend-Sims in “InDaily”
In her poem Cradled, Sara writes of a morning walk along the Torrens Linear Park at Bowden and North Adelaide after overnight rain… Click here to read it.
Pic courtesy of Martin Christmas.
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Bruce Greenhalgh considers menu options and lost causes in InDaily
Click here to read FSP member, Bruce Greenhalgh‘s poems Passionfruit and Nine reasons to eat more fish, published in InDaily.
Pic courtesy of Martin Christmas.
Vale Pauline Wardleworth
We were saddened to hear that long-time FSP member, Pauline Wardleworth, died on the 24th November, 2016, aged 87. She was an active member of FSP for many years, and edited Friendly Street Reader 9 with Graham Rowlands. She returned from Stawell to live again in Adelaide from 2006. During that time she wrote some poetry for family, friends and for the newsletter in her aged care residence. She remained interested in all things literary and was a voracious reader of fiction. Her daughter, Katherine Healy, says, “Friendly Street gave my mother such joy, personal connection and developed her skills as a poet and editor.” … Click for more
Susan O’Brien poems in InDaily
Susan O’Brien shares poems both avian and anuran from her Fleurieu Peninsula second home in InDaily’s Poet’s Corner.
Radio Adelaide needs poets…
Two Radio Adelaide shows, A Peace of the Action which deals with social justice, and Barometer which deals with environmental issues, are looking for poets. Both are talk shows, with in-depth interviews, interspersed with music. They’d like to include some local poetry along with the music.
Social Justice topics include (but are not confined to): anti-war, poverty, refugees, racism, inequality, domestic violence, homelessness, Indigenous issues, deaths in custody, income management, the right to protest, etc.
Environmental topics include (but are not confined to): protection of pretty well anything not yet extinct or destroyed (forests, oceans, creatures, rivers, water quality, air quality), renewable energy, coal mining, coal seam gas, Great Barrier Reef, uranium, recycling, rubbish, global warming, food security, the right to protest, death of bees, etc.… Click for more
Kerry Harte long-listed for major poetry prize!
Congratulations to FSP member Kerry Harte who has made the long-list for the $15,000 University of Canberra Vice Chancellor’s Poetry Prize. The long list of 60 was selected from 1200 entries from around the world. Click here to read about the prize and see the long list.