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Added by tone boss on June 9, 2010 at 1:59 — No Comments

Librarians' Gaga Remix

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Added by Adrian Wiggins on June 4, 2010 at 9:00 — No Comments

New chapbook out!

New chapbook out with PressPress:

Added by Chris Mansell on May 30, 2010 at 23:15 — 4 Comments

Sydney poet (and site member too) Pam Brown has emailed advising the release of her new book Authentic Local by Papertiger Media as part of its ‘soi3 modern poets’ series. Sadly there are no plans for a booklaunch, as Pam is enjoying "a year of downtime".…

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Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 30, 2010 at 1:00 — No Comments

RMIT Poet in Residence

The Writing Program at RMIT's School of Media and Communication and the Australian Poetry Centre have knocked heads and come up with this cracking good opportunity – a two month poetry residency at RMIT in 2010/2011. …

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Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 24, 2010 at 13:30 — No Comments

The call of the Swamp

SWAMP eds have emailed advising the submission deadline for issue seven of SWAMP is Friday June 11, 2010.

The theme for this issue is 'Time and Memory'. (Ah, themed issues!) So if you've forgotten something in the last month, now's the time to write about it. More…

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Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 18, 2010 at 13:00 — No Comments

Heat 22 Out Now

With the beguiling issue title of 'The Persistent Rabbit', Heat #22 is now out.

As usual it's chock full of cracking good poems, this time by Tomaz Salamun, Geoff Lemon, Rosanna Licari, TT.O., John Mateer, Thomas… Continue

Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 15, 2010 at 11:00 — No Comments

2010 Blake Poetry Prize open for entries

The Blake Prize, now in its third year, is open for entries.

This national award, presented by the Blake Society and the NSW Writers Centre, offers a cash prize of $5,000 for a new poem of up to 100 lines displaying a critical awareness of issues relating to the religious or spiritual. The prize is non-sectarian and poems sympathetic to those concepts are also equally welcome.

It's… Continue

Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 14, 2010 at 10:30 — No Comments

Bill Murray reads to construction workers

But are poems funny? And who amongst us would trust a comedian to read our work anyway?

Clown prince (or perhaps at his age, clown duke) Bill Murray visited the recently constructed Poets House in New York and read to contruction workers on a break.

Founded in 1985 by poet Stanley Kunitz and Elizabeth Kray, the Poets House is a poetry library and literary centre. In 2009 it was rehoused as a rent-free tenant in a new building on the… Continue

Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 12, 2010 at 18:00 — No Comments

Cordite Creative Commons Issue

Having put the undead to rest, Cordite next turns its attention to licensing! With the forthcoming 33rd issue, to be edited by Alison Croggon, Cordite seeks work licensed under the Creative Commons.

Says their call for… Continue

Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 6, 2010 at 23:00 — No Comments

Red Room Company Poetry Cards

The crafty Red Room Company has partnered with card sharps Corban and Blair to create a set of poetry cards gathering ten prominent Australian poets including Greg McLaren, Fiona Wright, Liz Allen and Joanne Burns.

The collection which will be launched at the Sydney Writers Festival. More on the event here in our own events section, and on the… Continue

Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 5, 2010 at 0:00 — No Comments

Paul Muldoon considers the poetry of Ke$ha

Pulitzer Prize-winning postmodern poet and Princeton Professor Paul Muldoon (here in undergraduate humour mode) critiques Ke$ha’s song 'Tik Tok' and reveals she has a boat and quotes from King Lear.…

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Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 2, 2010 at 11:13 — No Comments

Adam Ford's Poetry Mix Tapes

Remember mix tapes. Remember 80s music. Ok forget 80s music. Think instead poetry.

Adam Ford has refreshed the mix tape with a monthly selection of poems, a "list of poems what I found in the interwebs that I think well of", he says.

From Sean M Whelan to CJ Dennis' Triantiwontigongolope...…

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Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 2, 2010 at 1:30 — No Comments

Newspaper Found Poems

Poet Austin Kleon (of Austin, Texas) has brought a new focus to the old art of found poems.

Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs a newspaper and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn’t need.—NPR’s Morning Edition

The following example is…

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Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 2, 2010 at 1:00 — No Comments

Snorkel #11 Launched

Snorkel #11 has just been released, complete with eerie cover art.

Edited by Sydney writers Cath Vidler and Nick Riemer, the twice-yearly Snorkel is a quiet achiever amongst poetry zines, to be enjoyed for the simplicity of its presentation as much for the quality of the… Continue

Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 2, 2010 at 0:00 — No Comments

About Sydney Poetry

Apologies, the welcome note that was here has been moved to here.

Added by Adrian Wiggins on May 1, 2010 at 14:30 — 1 Comment

Welcome to Sydney Poetry!

Welcome to Sydney Poetry!

This is a social site for Sydney poets to get together, knock heads, start groups for general and picayune interests alike, shout-out about opportunities, to thrash out issues and debrief bungles, to share events (festivals, readings, launches), photos and ideas, and generally stay informed.

The objective is to bring together some of the various Sydney poetry tribes, get some discussions going and provide a way… Continue

Added by Adrian Wiggins on March 3, 2010 at 22:00 — 2 Comments