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FSP October City Meeting and Open Mic
Monday, 11th October, 2021
from 6:00pm
The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000
$5 to read. 3 minutes per poet.
Current COVID-19 guidelines (unless they change) allow us up to 72 people and we’re ready to hear your poetry.
You just sign on – via QR code or handwriting – and then add your name to the reading list if you want a turn at the mic. Bring two copies of your poems for the current editors if you want those considered for next year’s anthology, or submit them electronically via the form below straight after the night.
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FSP August City Meeting cancelled
We regret to tell you that the August reading (2nd August) in the Box Factory has to be cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
We would have to abide by limits required by the Adelaide City Council that are even lower than those indicated by the State Government, and which make the reading unworkable.
September will be when we next gather, circumstances permitting.
The good news is that we are announcing the successful poets to be featured in New Poets 22 and Single Poet 2021 before the weekend.
Thank you,
Steve Evans (for the Management Committee)
Poems of the Month – July 2021: Steve Evans and Helen Parsons
Congratulations to the joint winners for the July 2021 Poem of the Month: Steve Evans for Epilogue and Helen Parsons for Elizabeth at her Writing Desk, as selected by 2021 FSP Anthology editors Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally.
Steve Evans
Epilogue
As he lay dying,
it was someone else’s life
that flashed before his eyes.
Too late to ask for his money back.
No choice but to watch the show.
A blitzing synopsis of past attractions,
it included a tall woman
rising from a bath,
whom he might have loved
if he was not himself,
then two small children holding hands
in a garden more tropical than his own
and, in the background, the glare
of a harbour lit by sails.… Click for more
FSP Featured Poets at Halifax Cafe in July: Steve Brock and Alison Flett – cancelled…
Thursday 29th July 2021 – CANCELLED
Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax Street, Adelaide.
Due to the likelihood of on-going restrictions following the lock-down, we are obliged to cancel the July Featured Poets at Halifax session. Hopefully, we will be back in the final Thursday of September for a night to remember. Please keep an eye on the website and Facebook pages for updates.
Steve Brock has published four collections of poetry including “Double Glaze” (Five Islands Press, 2013) and “Live at Mr Jake’s” (Wakefield Press 2020). He is the co-translator of “Poetry of the Earth: Mapuche Trilingual Anthology” (Interactive Press 2014).… Click for more
FSP July City Meeting and Open Mic
Monday, 5th July, 2021
from 6:00pm
The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000
3 minutes maximum time per reader. All poems read by members will be eligible for submission to the next Anthology. You can bring along two hard copies to submit on the night or you can submit via the on-line form below.
Under current COVID-19 regulations, you will need to check in with a QR code or sign-in and you MUST WEAR A MASK while seated in the venue.
Click here to read a summary of the regulations.
Click here to read the actual regulations.
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