Here you will find samples of poetry by Friendly Street Poets along with some of their biographical information.
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Poets in alphabetical order by surname:
- Abend-Sims, Sara
- Adès, David
- Ahmed, Judith
- Aiello, Gaetano
- Aitken, Geoffrey
- Alma
- Angel, Libby
- Aquilina, Jude
- Archibald, Maeve
- Arden, Lynette
- Avalanche (Ivan Rehorek)
- Baker, Janine
- Banerji, Nitu
- Barker, Elaine
- Bell, Barbara
- Birch, JV
- Bleechmore, Ralph
- Bliss, Magenta (formerly Jenny Boult)
- Bocchino, Mick
- Bray, John
- Brewster, Anne
- Brock, Steve
- Brooks, Anna
- Buttrose, Larry
- Brydon, John
- Calembakis, Kon
- Catt, Graham
- Christmas, Martin
- Churches, Christine
- Claridge, Orson ‘steve’
- Clark, Robert
- Cleland, Caroline
- Coleman, Aidan
- Collins, Betty
- Colsey, Dawn
- Cookson, David
- Coombe, Valerie
- Crisp, Louise
- Dally, Judy
- De Laine, John
- Deller Evans, Kate
- Dey, Jo
- Direen, Junice
- Driver, Tess
- Duckworth, Melanie
- Dutton, Garth
- Eason, Peter
- Eicas, Edie
- Emmett, M.L.
- Evans, Steve
- Fahey, Diane
- Fensom, Margaret
- Frazer, Constance
- Fuller, Cameron
- Galbreath, Margaret
- Garrido-Salgado, Juan
- Gibbins, Ian
- Gloyne, Jill
- Golding, Elaine
- Goldsworthy, Peter
- Goodfellow, Geoff
- Gordon, Nancy
- Gower, Jill
- Griffin, John
- Guess, Jeff
- Harris, David
- Harris, Rory
- Harte, Kerry
- Higgins, Roger
- Hillman, Richard
- Irvine, Patricia
- Jenkin, Ann Timoney
- Johnson, Martin R
- Johnson, Rob
- Johnston, Geoff
- Jolly, Erica
- Josephi, Beate
- Jureidini, Khail
- Kemp, Geoff
- Kipping, Adele
- Koch, Jules Leigh
- Kroll, Jeri
- Ladd, Mike
- Laslett, Alan
- Lawrence, Stephen
- Lee, Pat
- Lenore, Miriel
- Llewellyn, Kate
- Louis, Yve
- Maegraith, Donna
- Maitland, Pam
- Malone, John
- Mann, K*m
- Manning, Rachel
- Manthorpe, Alison
- Marner, Annette
- Martin, Kristin
- Matthews, Deb
- McCulloch, Deborah
- McFarlane, Peter
- McGowan, Susan
- Mortimer, David
- Murdoch, Glen
- Murrell, Marc
- Nicholas, Louise
- Ockenden, Tasma
- Odgers, Anne
- O’Donohue, Patrick
- Owen, Jan
- Paech, Neil
- Paine, Juliet
- Pearson, Kevin (K.F)
- Petrescu, Ioana
- Preston, Barbara
- Puckridge, Jim
- Rehorek, Ivan G. (Avalanche)
- Roberts, Kevin
- Robinson, Adrian
- Rowlands, Graham
- Schulz, Ros
- Sexton, Rae
- Shen
- Shore, Alice
- Šimkuté, Lidija
- Sladdin, Heather
- Snuggs, Olive
- Stuart, Ray
- Sweeney, Jason
- Taylor, Andrew
- Tipping, Richard
- Tyndale, Ray
- Uphill, Linda
- Vale, Maureen
- Vaughan, Tom
- Volk, Valerie
- Walker, GM
- walker, rob
- Ward, Elizabeth Biff
- Wardleworth, Pauline
- Webster, Graeme
- Weight, Jenny
- Westburg, Barry
- Wilde, Valery
- Williams, Haydn
- Woolmer, George
- Zytnik, Julian