Poems of the Month – May 2021

Congratulations to the joint winners for the May 2021 Poem of the Month: Martin Christmas for Not skimming lightly and Geoff Johnston for Braid, as selected by 2021 FSP Anthology editors Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally.

Martin Christmas
Not skimming lightly

You stand at water’s edge,
Outer Harbor boat ramp.
The water ebbs and flows gently. 

Across the way
the Sea Span New Delhi
loads containers.
Methodically the crane lowers
each container onto the deck.

In India, day by day,
Covid virus deaths methodically rise.

At Outer Harbor, an Indian father
and his 2 kids exit their Nissan sedan
at the top of the ramp.… Click for more

Thank you, David!

David Harris: FSP Treasurer & Anthology Editor in 2016

Friendly Street Poets Inc would like to acknowledge the valuable contribution David Harris has given to our organisation. We offer our gratitude for all the work he has done over many years as Committee Member, Chair of the Membership Sub-Committee, Editor and keeper of the membership data base. David is still maintaining a role on the Membership Sub-Committee and remains a valuable and much loved member of Friendly Street Poets. We now wish him more time and space to continue to produce his excellent poetry and share it with us.

FSP June City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 7th June, 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.

You no longer need to pre-register for the meeting but you will need to check in with a QR code or sign-in according to the COVID-19 safety plan.

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April Poem of the Month: Through the Roman Goddesss of Spring by Erica Jolly

Our Poem of the Month for April 2021, selected by Anthology editors, Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally, from poems read at the April Open Mic.

Through the Roman Goddess of Spring
Erica Jolly

Flora: An Artistic Voyage through the World of Plants by Sandra Knapp,
published by the Natural History Museum.

What is it you all share?
Roots hold you to your world.
You have ways to attract visitors –
perfumes, colours and form.
You seek and find the light,
breathe in through pores
the energy you need.

Here, with Flora I can pause,
take it in, revel in the life
brought to me with such
loving attention to detail.… Click for more

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