Poems of the Month by Maria Vouis

Maria Vouis had poems-of-the-month selected by Anthology Editors, Karl Cameron Jackson and Ros Schulz, for both April and August 2017! You can read them below:

Poem of the Month, April 2017

Sonnet for A Coin Eyed Fish
 At the mouth of the Onkaparinga River.

In the mornings the new autumn cold
chews the crusts of fading summer,
The wind whines high through the empty hold
of the poo-bag roll in F # minor.
Midday birdsong is free light freight,
The dogs stalk and strain on the halter,
The sun sandwiched tight, early and late
sends trembling veins of light through water.… Click for more

FSP October City Open Mic at the Box Factory

The October FSP City Open Mic Meeting will be held at

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide

Monday 9th October
(second Monday of month, since the 1st Monday is the long-weekend holiday)

Doors open at 6:00 pm for sign-in. $5 entry.
First session starts at 6:30; second session at about 7:30.

Bring two copies of your poems if you’d like to submit them to the next Anthology. Make sure your poems have your name, email and phone number on the back of the page, otherwise they will not be considered. You must be a member of FSP for your poems to be included in the Anthology.… Click for more

Valerie Volk Book Launch

You are invited to the launch of FSP member Valerie Volk‘s new book Of Llamas and Piranhas published by Ginninderra Press.

Wednesday, 20th September, 2017
7:00pm
West Torrens Auditorium
(via Hamra Centre Library Entrance)
1 Brooker Terrace (corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive), Hilton.

RSVP essential by Friday 15th September to Valerie:
8376 6655 / vjvolk[at]gmail[dot]com

If you are unable to make it, you can buy Valerie’s new book (and her others!) from her website: www.valerievolk.com.au

FSP September City Open Mic at the Box Factory

The September FSP City Open Mic Meeting will be held at

The Box Factory

59 Regent St, Adelaide

Monday 7th September

Doors open at 6:00 pm for sign-in.

First session starts at 6:30; second session at about 7:30.

Strictly 3 minute maximum per reader.

Bring two copies of your poems if you’d like to submit them to the next Anthology. Make sure your poems have your name, email and phone number on them, otherwise they will not be considered. You must be a member of FSP for your poems to be included in the Anthology.

The Halifax Cafe, 187 Halifax St, will be open from 5:00pm for meals and refreshments prior to the meeting.… Click for more

FSP Featured Poets at Halifax Cafe: Peter Goldsworthy and Thom Sullivan, 30th August.


The FSP Featured Poets Series returns to

Halifax Cafe

187 Halifax Street, Adelaide

Wednesday 30th August, 2017, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

$5 to support the poets

Come early, stay late… The Halifax Cafe will be open for snacks, meals and beverages.

Peter Goldsworthy

has won literary awards across a wide range of genres, including the 1982 Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the 1988 Australian Bicentennial Poetry prize, the FAW Christina Stead Award for fiction, and a Helpmann Award, with composer Richard Mills, for the opera Batavia. His 1995 novel ‘Wish’ was recently rereleased in the Text Australian Classics series, and his 1989 novel ‘Maestro’ as an Angus & Robertson Australian Classic.… Click for more

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