Next poetry slam

17 March 2009

I’d like to say a quick thanks to Mary McCartney (who did such a great job on the Benedict House art:house festival) – she’s helping me out with promotion for Traverse Poetry events and she put together this wonderful media release for the next slam.

For the benefit of those who want the facts without wading through a media release, the next poetry slam is on:

Friday 27 March
7.30pm – 11.30pm
The Front Gallery and Café, Wattle St, Lyneham

In attendance will be the marvellous Melbourne poet Santo Cazzati (mentioned in this report) who will perform a 20-minute feature set – going to be great!

Meanwhile, I’d be curious to hear what you think of this blog post about the state of poetry. It’s from late last year, but still interesting. What do you think? Is there poetry that is both good on paper and spoken? Are there any good poets that could (should) reach as many children as Harry Potter? Are there any non-crap poetry blogs (aside from this one, of course!)?

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