This month we are featuring the irrepressible Irralee Jones!
Irralee Jones is a neurodiverse country Victorian poet who lives in what she describes as a “fairystale cottage” with a stray tortoiseshell cat she tamed during Lockdown.
She is one of the founders and curators of the Prompted Prose online writers’ group which hosts regular live performances under the name Melbourne Morphemes in Thornbury.
She has written poetry for more than thirty years and wrote the poems in this collection between 2010 and 2024. Lost In The Woods includes 99 poems exploring: experiences of womanhood, spirituality, love, loss, trauma, the sub-conscious, personal growth and empowerment woven together with folklore, fairy-tales, and stories of the supernatural.
Our Poetry and Spoken Word events are held on the second Saturday of the month at 3 p.m., with a Poetry Writing Workshop running from 2 pm to 3 pm for anyone interested.
An 'open mic' is available for as many poets as we can squeeze in before and after our feature (or as much poetry as we are happy to share before our time is up).
This gig is happy to celebrate young poets (the Little Aesthetics program for anyone 12 and under) as well as people who read the works of other poets (the Rhetorical Recreation Society). If you have work you would like other people to present, you will always find cheerful readers as well.
The venue for Perc.U.lations is the wonderfully generous Kafé on Hemmings (86 Hemmings St), in Dandenong. about a 15-minute walk from either Dandenong or Yarraman train stations. There is also handy, free parking available behind the medical center on the opposite corner.
This event is ticketed using ‘Pay as you Feel’ via Eventbrite, as the Kafé will continue serving the general public.
Perc.U.lations is affiliated with Radio Laria and is committed to highlighting the voices of women and gender-diverse poets. 50% or more of all features throughout the year will be women, however, men are also encouraged to apply to this event and the open mic is open to anyone.
Perc.U.lations is taking place on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri and Bunerong peoples of the Kulin Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded and we extend our respects to Indigenous elders past, present, and emerging.
COST: Pay as you feel - Ticket Link
ACCESSIBILITY: Wheelchair access to venue,Wheelchair access to stage / performance space