This month, Canberra's longest running poetry slam will blend swing music and poetry on the 27th of July. The venue is the Front Cafe and Gallery in Lyneham.
The Slam begins with an open mic, so if you feel competition cramps your style or your poetry doesn't suit the guidelines, still come along and share.
The Jazz Slam will feature a 3 piece swing band who will entertain the audience and provide introduction music for the competitors.
The Feature Poet of the night is Canberran poetry superstar, Andrew Galan, who has had numerous poems published in varied journals, books and anthologies, but is better known as the founder of Canberra's rival slam Bad!Slam!No!Biscuit!. his blog can be found here.
The slam rules:
poem must be your own
no props, musical accompaniment
Less than 3 minutes long
The Poetry Slam is brought to you by two hosts, Varisht Gosain (otherwise known as the Flying V) and myself and of course the good people of the Front Cafe and Gallery.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Canberra Poetry Slam in BMA
The Canberra Poetry Slam received a good write-up in the BMA, something that i feel impelled to promote because i'm mentioned (in the same sentenced as "filled with rotting innards" and "least offensive"). Check it out. the article penned by Canberra band Waterford's heart-throb and Ahmadinejad look-alike, Pete Huet, and mentions a good cross section of the Canberra slam poetry scene.
http://www.bmamag.com/articles/uninhibited/20120703-uninhibited/
http://www.bmamag.com/articles/uninhibited/20120703-uninhibited/
Bad!Slam!No!Biscuit! Tonight!!!
Canberra's institutionalised poetry slam again hits the stage at the phoenix pub tonight.
B!S!N!B! promises all the usual mad-cappery with 5 first prizes (FIVE!).
Tonight's line-up includes the a-musically gifted Canberra funny man Rafe Morris
and multiple chances to die with Canberra's slam poetry pioneer Julian Fleetwood's Choose Your Own Zombie Adventure!
Hosted by Andrew Galan and the Master of Conflict B!S!N!B! is open for everyone over 18, poets are given 2 minutes, must be your own writing, no props/music. Sign up begins at 7:30, Phoenix Pub, East Row, which is in the Civic bus interchange.
Catch my incoherent ramble on the antithesis of the Higs-Boson as i compete for your attention!
B!S!N!B! promises all the usual mad-cappery with 5 first prizes (FIVE!).
Tonight's line-up includes the a-musically gifted Canberra funny man Rafe Morris
and multiple chances to die with Canberra's slam poetry pioneer Julian Fleetwood's Choose Your Own Zombie Adventure!
Hosted by Andrew Galan and the Master of Conflict B!S!N!B! is open for everyone over 18, poets are given 2 minutes, must be your own writing, no props/music. Sign up begins at 7:30, Phoenix Pub, East Row, which is in the Civic bus interchange.
Catch my incoherent ramble on the antithesis of the Higs-Boson as i compete for your attention!
Friday, June 8, 2012
Poetry at the Dan
Saturday! 2-5pm. Featuring yours truly on his one show only tour of melbyhole.
Melbourians: light your fire brands and sharpen your pitchforks! there's a-doings a-happening.
@ the Dan O'Connell Hotel in Carlton
Melbourians: light your fire brands and sharpen your pitchforks! there's a-doings a-happening.
@ the Dan O'Connell Hotel in Carlton
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
$$$ Earn Money Contract Killing $$$
I am preparing myself for unemployment and answering want ads.
Having recently met another 33.33333 of "my" book, Australian poet PS Cottier, I sought out alternative means of making money.
a quick trip to the hardware store and i'm prepared for my new career.
A Shopping list:
large black plastic garbage bags - Check
petrol - Check
shovel - Check
string - Check
disposable gloves - Check
hair net (or shower cap) - Check (shower cap)
apron - Check
bleach - Check
builder's lime - Check
Duct tape for mouth and nostrils - check
Having recently met another 33.33333 of "my" book, Australian poet PS Cottier, I sought out alternative means of making money.
a quick trip to the hardware store and i'm prepared for my new career.
A Shopping list:
large black plastic garbage bags - Check
petrol - Check
shovel - Check
string - Check
disposable gloves - Check
hair net (or shower cap) - Check (shower cap)
apron - Check
bleach - Check
builder's lime - Check
Duct tape for mouth and nostrils - check
Monday, May 21, 2012
Cotter Poem
The following is lifted from the Greening Australia Capital Region newsletter (May 18)
My thanks again to Greening Australia, the Canberra Centenary (Canberra100), Hal Judge from Australian Poetry Limited and all the volunteers on the day who planted trees and the seeds of this poem.
Cotter Poem
At the recent Centenary of Canberra planting, local poet Josh Inman gathered words and impressions from volunteers as they worked. With this content, he composed two poems; below is one of them.
Cotter. May 6, 2012
Joshua Inman
Building Biodiversity from blisters and blackberries
planting trees
returning fertility
to the sterility of fire
a community
Growing from its ashes
sections of society rallying beneath a banner
relating
regenerating
for future generations
No longer just taking but giving back
to the Bush Capital's backyard
the 'kebab trees'
clay soil
ground cover
Hard yakka
carbon sinking
catchment cleaning
restoring the burnt biota
healing the hurt Cotter
My thanks again to Greening Australia, the Canberra Centenary (Canberra100), Hal Judge from Australian Poetry Limited and all the volunteers on the day who planted trees and the seeds of this poem.
Cotter Poem
At the recent Centenary of Canberra planting, local poet Josh Inman gathered words and impressions from volunteers as they worked. With this content, he composed two poems; below is one of them.
Cotter. May 6, 2012
Joshua Inman
Building Biodiversity from blisters and blackberries
planting trees
returning fertility
to the sterility of fire
a community
Growing from its ashes
sections of society rallying beneath a banner
relating
regenerating
for future generations
No longer just taking but giving back
to the Bush Capital's backyard
the 'kebab trees'
clay soil
ground cover
Hard yakka
carbon sinking
catchment cleaning
restoring the burnt biota
healing the hurt Cotter
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Poems of mine to be published
Blemish Books, an independent press located here in Canberra have announced this years contributors to Triptych Poets.
I am excited to say that I have been selected as one of the contributors, which will be the first publication of my works.
Triptych Poets is an annual publication with a simple premise, three poets, one book. Triptych Poets hopes to highlight the contrasting and often complementary nature of contemporary poetry.
Submissions for a suite of 25 poems or less closed in March this year. I submitted 25 poems collectively entitled "Lovers and Brothers", a nod to those who the poems are written about or for, or inspired by. After all, my poems are little pieces of me and we are all pieces of those we love.
Triptych Poets is set for release in Sept 2012
This announcement can be read here:
http://www.blemishbooks.com.au/news/index.shtml
I am excited to say that I have been selected as one of the contributors, which will be the first publication of my works.
Triptych Poets is an annual publication with a simple premise, three poets, one book. Triptych Poets hopes to highlight the contrasting and often complementary nature of contemporary poetry.
Submissions for a suite of 25 poems or less closed in March this year. I submitted 25 poems collectively entitled "Lovers and Brothers", a nod to those who the poems are written about or for, or inspired by. After all, my poems are little pieces of me and we are all pieces of those we love.
Triptych Poets is set for release in Sept 2012
This announcement can be read here:
http://www.blemishbooks.com.au/news/index.shtml
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