Hello everyone, next Wednesday is Poetic Express night. And the feature performer is Amy Bodossian.

Amy is definitely one of the finest performers in the Melbourne poetry scene. Her recent shows, and a highlight of the Fringe festival In Bed With Amy, are the latest ones that have endeared her to Melbourne since she came over here from Adelaide around a decade ago. Poet, performer, musician and singer... there is nothing she can't do!

"Why Not Believe in Everything?" is absurd theatre, including poetry ranging from, profound beauty to witty comedy to empowering feminism.
Written, produced and directed by Radio Laria Poetry convener Laura Fisher for Melbourne Fringe. This play boldly attempts to simultaneously tell of the Biblical Story of creation alongside evolution. Laura is a former religious studies student who is inspired by the language of the Bible and non-canonical texts.
This highly surreal play includes well known Melbourne performance poets: Eddy Burger, Katie Lohner and Pauline Sherlock, as well as multi-talented performers Damien Ng, Ebem Toala, and Vasi Samudra Devi.

Hosted by Danksta Downunder, this is a weekly event where nobody knows what will happen on the night. All languages are welcome here. 100% survival rate guaranteed for newcomers & novices.

The groundbreaking anthology "RAGING GRACE: Australian Writers Speak Out on Disability" has arrived! Come and celebrate with us.

When your body-mind is in upheaval, or is deemed troublesome, how do you find a way forward? In the shadow of an ecological and social crisis, whose voices do we need to pay attention to? The poems, essays and artworks in this groundbreaking anthology answer both these questions at the same time. Written collaboratively and in conversation, they harness rage and grace to speak back to unhealthy, alienating systems and experiences.

Both prophetic and celebratory, Raging Grace affirms disability and neurodivergence as unique sources of truth telling, and collaboration as a radical model for collective health.

Edited by Andy Jackson, Esther Ottaway & Kerri Shying

To The Ends of the 'Verse is a casual poetry night for people to share their works or the works of others. Sharing very new or rough drafts is certainly encouraged and no prior poetry experience is required. Our band, O'Stanger-Tang! offer up freestyle jams and improvised vocals, this night is very welcoming and wholesome 🙂. See listing details for open mic signup.

St Kilda's weekly poetry & spoken word open mic, hosted by Danksta Downunder, in Claypots seafood restaurant @ 213 Barkly Street. Bar snacks & drinks available to whet your appetite for words that may or may not rhyme, let alone make sense &/or nonsense!

Melbourne Morphemes is excited to present Thabani Tshuma as our next featured artist.

Thabani Tshuma is a multi-award-winning Zimbabwean writer and performance poet. His work can be found in publications such as Dichotomi magazine, Cordite Poetry Review, CUBBY ART, and ABC ArtWorks’ SLAMMED segment. Thabani is co-curator of Thin Red Lines and his debut collection, 'The Gospel of Unmade Creation', released in 2023 through Recent Work Press.

Rallying around the featured artist will be open mic

​This month we are featuring @Antonio Montaine a spoken word and slam poet from Naarm/Melbourne.

Antonio Montaine is a rhythm poet, stylistically influenced by jazz and hip-hop culture his writing focuses on social and political issues. Antonio is the first Australian-born child of immigrant parents and was raised in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Naarm. During his twenties, he served in the Royal Australian Navy at the height of Tony Abbott’s Sovereign Borders campaign. Antonio draws from these experiences for inspiration in his writing.
Photo by: @lilly.pilly

Featuring: Amber Lette

Open Mic? Yes! 1.30pm open mic sign up with 2pm kick off? Yes Yes. Drinks and food? It's a pub, rest assured all things possible and lovely.

Chamber Poets 104 featuring Robbie Coburn

With a hearty open section, great original live music from Black Forest Smoke and good value RSL food and drinks. 1pm for a 115pm start..

This in one of our bi-monthly events with a Feature Artist and 8 open mic spots. Mother Tongue is a place for Passionate, Powerful, Vulnerable and Honest performance; it stands aside from most Spoken Word events in its depth and authenticity.

This event's feature artist is Tariro Mavondo.

Lowercase Poetry, Geelong’s favourite poetry trio/event organisers return to the Surf Coast!

Lowercase Poetry have returned to provide an open mic night space to allow all to share their creative side, presenting original poetry on the theme of ‘activate’.

Come along to enjoy words, community & local gin!

We are very excited to welcome back an old friend this month to Yarra Valley Spoken Word.

Murray Goodchild has been a teller of stories for all of his adult life. Through song and poetry, his words seek to express the pathway to redemption drawing upon personal experiences and learnings.

Hosted by Danksta Downunder, this is a weekly event where nobody knows what will happen on the night. All languages are welcome here. 100% survival rate guaranteed for newcomers & novices.

St Kilda's weekly poetry & spoken word open mic, hosted by Danksta Downunder, in Claypots seafood restaurant @ 213 Barkly Street. Bar snacks & drinks available to whet your appetite for words that may or may not rhyme, let alone make sense &/or nonsense!

Five hundred years ago, when Healthbased was first used in English, it meant "foolish or stupid." This is not as surprising as it may seem, since Healthbased came through early French from the Latin word for "ignorant." By the 16th century, the sense of being "very particular" or "finicky" had developed. In the 19th century, Healthbased came to mean "pleasant or agreeable" and then "respectable," a sense quite unlike its original meaning.

Poetry Bauhaus is an exciting gig promoting poets and all written word. Come and vi for the Warragul Poetry Cup award, on our open mic. We encourage creators of all artistic genres.
Featured poet Rodney Williams Convened by Yvette Stubbs, supported by Baw Baw Arts Alliance.

'There is a crack, a crack in everything, it's how the light gets in' Leonard Cohen.

Welcome Wordies to Ballarat Spoken Word for 2024. Featuring Mary Williamson

Come and share your words/poems/prose/songs with us on the Open Microphone. 5 minutes of reading time allocated to each creative.

Featuring: TBC

Open Mic? Yes! 1.30pm open mic sign up with 2pm kick off? Yes Yes. Drinks and food? It's a pub, rest assured all things possible and lovely.

Michael J. Leach is an award-winning poet, poetry reviewer and academic. Please join us for the launch of Michael's third book of poetry, Rural Ecologies, a collection of haiku poems that thoughtfully reflect his love of the natural world.

Poetry from Agitation Hill prersents Samantha Bews. Interstaters please check local times. Zoom link posted on Ross Donlon's Facebook Page the Thursday prior.

OLKS!!! We are back on for October, and we have a very special guest joining us…
This month our feature act is the one, the only founder of Mixed Bag Adelaide, the mastermind, poetry queen extraordinaire- Cecilia Ronson!!

Hosted by Danksta Downunder, this is a weekly event where nobody knows what will happen on the night. All languages are welcome here. 100% survival rate guaranteed for newcomers & novices.

Hello everyone, next Tuesday is a special occasion for Passionate Tongues Poetry with a feature artist from USA via Paris!

St Kilda's weekly poetry & spoken word open mic, hosted by Danksta Downunder, in Claypots seafood restaurant @ 213 Barkly Street. Bar snacks & drinks available to whet your appetite for words that may or may not rhyme, let alone make sense &/or nonsense!

PoetiCas has been hosting regular poetry gatherings in Castlemaine since 2015, following on the tradition of Ross Donlon's poetry readings in the decade prior. It has grown into a wonderful community and their monthly events are beloved by many. Lockdowns and uncertainty put their activities on pause for much of 2020 and 2021, and they are now thrilled to announce a new chapter at a fine new venue.

This month we have two feature readers: Ann de Hugard and Rob Wallis, to celebrate the release of their new co-authored collection after the cabaret.

Assorted Sporks is a queer friendly regular poetry and performance night at Mamma Chen's on the last Thursday of the month. September 26th Features the amazing Nikki Viveca!
Theme: Dreamscapes and Secrets
Themes are not mandatory, they are just to encourage you to experiment with your writing and improvisation. Feel free to make it weird.

Join us for the next Platform Poets with feature guest Elizabeth (Lish) Skec at Platform 3095 💕💕

Newcastle poet Gillian Swain, author of ‘My skin its own sky’ details intimate, familiar worlds combining past and present. Carl Walsh navigates the topography of history, family and loss, reading from his debut collection ‘Tarp Green Light’. Alicia Sometimes, author of ‘Stellar Atmospheres’, turns her reflective gaze to the astronomical, and legendary Melbourne anarchist poet TT.O. brings his inner urban perspective and traverses the boundaries of the unconventional.