As part of the Archē exhibition at Coral Street Art Space in Victor Harbor, I'm looking forward to sharing the bill with three outstanding South Australian poets:

Steve Brock,
Olivia De Zilva
& Tyler Jackson

Saturday NOV 15 from 5:30pm for 'Slow Lane'

Tix $5 at the link: square.link/u/OSXrT1RC

Fun to spend Saturday afternoon w/ Spoken Word SA hearing excellent variations on nature #poetry this past weekend. Chuffed that my tangential take on 'human nature' landed well! Thanks Pam for hosting, Shaine for a great feature set & Ian for his excellent pics.

spokenwordsa.com.au/be-natural-p...

Another month of Wednesday #poetry readings at Ern Malley bar, #Adelaide

Both Chelsea Avard and myself will be on the bill October 8th.

Come along — 6:30 for 7pm in Stepney, 137 Magill Road.

Not a hoax!

My effort for #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain

Cheers to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for curating these prompts.

I'm excited to be curator for next month's NO WAVE #poetry reading at The Wheatsheaf Hotel, bringing together four excellent and generation-spanning Adelaide poets:

Geoff Goodfellow
Mei Szetu
Chelsea Avard
and Erica Jolly

38 George Street Thebarton

Wednesday June 4th, 2025
7 for a 7:30pm start

Tracey O'Callaghan delivers a perfectly executed hour of charged, comedic, crowd-pleasing poetry in her debut #AdelaideFringe performance @adlfrin.ge. My review at The Clothesline - Digital Arts Magazine.

theclothesline.com.au/brains-balls...

The World After Gaza

Pankaj Mishra discusses how his own views on Israel/Palestine shifted after witnessing first hand the everyday structural violence imposed on the occupied territories—much like Ta-Nehisi Coates. In conversation w/ Michelle de Kretser #adlww

A #binchicken (Australian white ibis) contemplating fine art, music and culture outside The University of Adelaide and Art Gallery of South Australia

The most appropriate recent photo in my phone gallery to farewell #davidlynch in all his wonderfully earnest, absurd weirdness

It was a pleasure to be interviewed for Poet's Playlist discussing both #poetry & issues related to my research work on countering violent extremism.

Hear the discussion broadcast tonight (Thursday 9th) at 8:30PM on Radio Adelaide 101.5FM or listen later online: radioadelaide.org.au/program/poet...

as we slide into another southern hemisphere summer, more #poetry back pages for #blueskypoetry

'suburbs, dusk, the creature waits for something'

published 2013 in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘯
ed.: Russell Streur

photo: Falls Festival, Lorne

read the full #poem: thecamelsaloon.blogspot.com/2013/02/subu...

Flicking through my #poetry back pages for #blueskypoetry

To start, 'Roman Sky' first published 2011 in 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, edited by Michael Aaron Casares. Reprinted in 𝘍𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘶 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸: 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘸𝘢 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 1 (2019).

Read the full #poem:
www.carcinogenicpoetry.net/2011/11/ben-...