Adelaide Poets Collective – celebrating 50 years in 2025
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Sara Abend-Sims has a couple of poems, To see what we see and Panorama, in InDaily. You can read them here.
Rob Walker has a poem from his recently published tropeland collection in InDaily. You can read it here.
As FSP Convenor, Paul Wilkins says, “his work had a certain sincere simplicity, usually in ballad form, which was often in touch with the fundamentals of human experience with wide appeal to an immediate audience. He was a person who did much for others and too often proably gave himself and his own interests secondary consideration.”
This year’s Goolwa Poetry Cup, held at the Steam Exchange Brewery, was a huge success, with excellent poetry and a large appreciative audience.
First place and $1000 went to Jason Marsiglia, second place and $200 went to Amy Watson. Other finalists, each receiving $50, were Aaron Furnell, James Hickey, Meredith Hall and Matilde Wiese. People’s Choice and $100 went to Christina Hack. Keenan Drake won the Young Poet competition. and $50. Congratulations to the winners and all the competitors!!
Judges were Jude Aquilina, Kami McInnes and MC Nigel Ford, who did a fantastic job organising and running the event.… Click for more
I watch the shirts
On the line
Breathe in and out
They line up along
The footpath mouths open
Hungry for mail.
This insect that just landed
Stretching wings, legs
Doing tai chi on the page.
That rustling in the hedge
A short story
Stirring into life
Bald and black
As an emu’s egg, the helmet’s hatched
A biker’s head.
John Malone
Poem read at Ochre Coast Poets, Seaford Library, selected by Anthology editors, Murray Alfredson and Margaret Clark.