‘What midnight said’

Here’s me reading my poem from the Heroines Anthology of Poetry: Volume Five edited by Dr Sarah Nicholson and published by Neo Perennial Press. This is a wonderful annual anthology that retells the stories of heroines from fairy tale, folklore, myths and legends in thought-provoking ways, with this poem offering another perspective of Cinderella.

ice cream ‘n’ tar

As part of the monthly No Wave series at The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Vision Australia Radio recorded the readings for their Emerging Writers Program, as well as interviewing the poets afterwards. So this is me reading from my latest collection, ice cream ‘n’ tar.

‘A burning world‘

The Poetry Box LIVE (The Poeming Pigeon – From Pandemic to Protest)

In this launch of The Poeming Pigeon’s From Pandemic to Protest issue in October 2021, I read ‘A burning world’ about the bush fires that devastated large parts of Australia in 2020 (scroll to 7:50 minutes or click the link above). This is my first found poem sourced from an article in The Guardian called ‘We’ve pissed Mother Nature off big time; the people coming home after Australia’s fires.’

‘Black dog‘

I wrote and performed this piece as part of mindshare’s When Words Come to Life poetry competition in August 2014 with funding from Arts SA. Entries were invited on any aspect of mental health and my message is simple; we all have something to carry – be it pain, fear, anxiety from the past, in the present or about the future – but it’s our choice how we do this.