Act Poetry Slam Finals

Friday the 12th of November Saw the ACT POETRY SLAM FINALS
held at SMITH'S BOOKSTORE.

With the 2 highest scorers going through to the Nation Poetry Slam (held in Sydney in December) the small free space was a swarming mass of poetry fans, poets and poet's family members all eager to see who would win entry into the national slam (and the continental breakfast)

My poem "Of Deserts and Dingoes" seemed to be divisive amongst the judges and received an even spread of good and bad scores.
The night belonged to Raphael and to CJ, with excellent reception from the audience.
CJ's poem on the real Canberra, although finishing second, deserves special mention, as running as the third poet on the night, he was able to overcome the score-creep that mars all poetry slams.

RiotACT have recorded the performances and up loaded them to youtube