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September Poem of the Month by Rob Ferris

Guerillas by Rob Ferris

Still camouflaged from the air
the guerrillas are dead in a glade.
Birds and conservative creatures
diminish them.
In cocoons of dappled cloth
their bodies pupate backwards
while images crawl away
alive on a cameraman’s back.

In the forest
they fade by fragmentation
their flesh maintaining 
sun drenched birds
rehearsing siren 
trumpet calls:
the music of
historical necessity
that placed them
in this shade.

Ideas swarm and die like bees,
steel wobbles and rushes
through leaves.
Fruit of revolutionary change
falls and dries
in the sun.
In villages, men’s mothers
lie awake
and make them brothers.

Erica Jolly‘s new blog site…

Long-time member of FSP Erica Jolly has set up her own blog. This is what she says about it:

“Poets cross boundaries all the time. I have set up a blog – Sciences and Humanities – on which I put items that, in one way or another, make the connections we need to have across disciplines. The times of the separation of the sciences from the humanities unfortunately are not over.

My blog, given my inadequacy with machinery, might not be the most effective and I’m told people won’t look at it if it goes beyond sound bites – and it does.  … Click for more

FSP September City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 2nd September, 2019
6:00 – 9:30pm.

The Box Factory
59 Regent Street, Adelaide.

Bring along your poems to read or just come and listen to a diverse range of poetry. Remember, 3 minutes maximum mic time per reader to make sure everyone gets a go and has an audience.

Sign-in from 6:00pm for a start around 6:20pm. Second session starts around 7:30pm.

If you want your poem to be considered for this year’s anthology, you must be a member of FSP (you can join on the night). Bring along two printed copies of your poem with all your contact details on them for submission.… Click for more

Poems of the Month

Each month, the FSP Anthology editors, Valerie Volk and Nigel Ford, select a featured poem from those submitted at FSP readings. Here are the Poems of the Month so far for 2019. Congratulations to Belinda Broughton (February), Steve Evans (March), Jules Leigh Koch (May), Elaine Barker (June), Pat Lee (July) and David Cookson (August). Scroll down to read the poems.

Not Knowing Belinda Broughton (February)

In a hammock under a wide sky,
the sun has warmed my slow blood.
The trees above nod when I move.
A dandelion arrives, drifts, 
ambles on the delicate breath of air
—this way, that, exits sky left.… Click for more

FSP August Open Mic announces New Poet 20 & Single Poet 2019 winners

Monday, 5th August, 2019
6:00pm – 9:30pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000.

In addition to the Open Mic session, tonight FSP will announce the winners of the New Poets 20 and the Single Poet 2019 Competition winners. You’ll need to be there to find out which poets will have their work published in the next round of FSP books.

Bring along your poems to read or just come and listen to a diverse range of poetry. Remember, 3 minutes maximum mic time per reader to make sure everyone gets a go and has an audience.

Sign-in from 6:00pm for a start around 6:20pm.… Click for more

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