"Slam. It’s a fairly violent verb. But when teamed with the flowery noun poetry, it takes on a whole new meaning. The Caravan Poetry Slam brings together around 20 local poets, a panel of judges, and a room full of what they hope to be, “open hearts instead of roses, open minds instead of rotten tomatoes.” Anyone can sign up and sacrifice their three-minute slam to the open space. Each poem will be scored and then the top four poets compete in a finalist round to decide the winner. Interactivity is integral, with other elements of ‘Emergency Art’ integrated into the night in the form of written confessionals and ‘coughed up’ soapbox-style Emergency Slams."

- Angela Bennetts (Alternative Media Group)

"There were gipsies, there were tramps, and professional poets, to be sure, but their appearances were fugitive and had the air of being illusory. I could not be sure where they lived, where they came from, these figures from the literature of the past".

- Lawrence Durrell



:Poets:

Georgia Symons

Bridget Conway

Lachlan Williams

Matty Kay

Lou Steer

Squizzy Rider

Max Rapley

Patrick

Ned

Jeromee Oh