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Getting out and about with Friendly Street Poets

FSP 2023 Annual General Meeting and April Open Mic

Monday, 3rd April 2023
6:15pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent Street, Adelaide

The 2023 Annual General Meeting for Friendly Street Poets, Inc will begin at 6:15pm and, after a short break, will be followed by the April Open Mic.

Three minutes maximum per reader for the Open Mic. Bring two copies of your poems for submission to the next FSP Anthology or submit via the form below.

$5 at the door to read.

Click here for a PDF file of the AGM Agenda.

AGM Agenda

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
A few committee positions will be vacant at this AGM. In part, this is because each committee member is elected for two years and must renominate after that period or retire.… Click for more

Poem of the Month – December 2022 – Steve Evans

The Poem of the Month for December 2022, selected by 2022 Anthology Editors, Veronica and David Cookson, is A Frugal Proposal by Steve Evans. The commended poems for December are Every Afternoon by Judy Dally and Titled by Nigel Ford.

A Frugal Proposal
Steve Evans

My good-as-unused tinfoil
with just the odd wee tear.
My scruffy bit of paper
a little worse for wear.
My little scrap of cellophane,
my piece of broken string,
my own recycled envelope —
you really are the thing.

A seed that’s caught between my teeth,
a stone inside my shoe,
the gate that squeaks in winter wind
all make me think of you.… Click for more

FSP December City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 5th December, 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.

This will be the final opportunity to submit poems for the next anthology.

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

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FSP November City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 7th November, 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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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.

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

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