FRIENDLY STREET POETS Inc. in 2022

Details of coming Friendly Street Poets activities are posted here, commonly being about our readings at the Box Factory and affiliated venues. Our next reading is:

Monday 7th February at the Box Factory, Regent Street, Adelaide, from 6:00pm.

There are also other important matters covered in the posts from time to time, such as:

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FSP February City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 7th February, 2022
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 37 people in the venue and you must pre-register you intention to attend via the form below.

You also must sign in – via QR code or handwriting – when you arrive.

Add your name to the reading list on the night 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.… Click for more

Poem of the Month – December 2021: Overture for Winter by David Cookson

Congratulations to David Cookson, winner, November 2021 Poem of the Month, as selected by 2021 FSP Anthology editors, Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally.

And a reminder… any last submissions of poems read during the year at any of Friendly Street’s reading opportunities must be received by December 31, 2021, to be considered for inclusion in the next anthology. You should use the on-line submission form via the following link:
https://friendlystreetpoets.org.au/publications/fsp-annual-anthology/

Overture for Winter by David Cookson

The breeze grows claws,
rakes the ocean with a colder green. 
Sun from a Turner seascape
battles with shadows as I trudge home 
beneath hangdog casuarinas,
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FSP December City Meeting: Anthology 45 Launch

Monday, 6th December, 2021
doors from 6:00pm for 6:30pm start.

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

Our December meeting will launch the FSP Anthology #45 featuring poems read by FSP members during the previous year.

One of Adelaide’s finest poets, Thom Sullivan, will formally launch the volume and announce the winners of the Satura and Nova prizes.

Contributors to the Anthology will be invited to read their selected poems. If time permits, there may be an Open Mic.

Books will be available for sale on the night for $20 each.

$5 to read.

The event will be held under COVID-Safe conditions: you will need to check in with via the QR code or sign-in, and wear a mask when not reading.

FSP November City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 1st November, 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 in – 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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