Whats On

Saturday 26th August, Obscure Sparrow + open-mike, only at the Moon Cafe!

Perth Poetry Club has wonderful poet Obscure Sparrow + open-mike this Saturday 26th August, 2pm-4pm, ONLY at The Moon Café.

Obscure Sparrow is a wonderful member of our poetry family.

In his own words, “Obscure Sparrow - legal name: Jawed Sadiqi.  I write down specifically arranged strings of words to try to capture still moments otherwise transient in breath.”

Saturday 19th August, Zan Ross & Jonathan Lewis + open-mike, at The Moon Cafe!

Perth Poetry Club has wonderful poets, Zan Ross & Jonathan Lewis + open-mike this Saturday 19th August, 2pm-4pm, ONLY at The Moon Café.

Zan Ross has lived in WA for thirty+ years, and is a life-long teacher who identifies as a poet.  She has been published in all the usual Australian journals, a few anthologies, on-line zines and publications in America, France and Bulgaria.  She has performed her and other people’s work extensively in WA, frequently in NSW and infrequently in SA and Victoria.

Saturday 5th August, Josephine Clarke & Neil J (BRiLO) Pattinson + open-mike! at The Moon

Perth Poetry Club has wonderful poets Josephine Clarke & Neil J (BRiLO) Pattinson + open-mike this Saturday 5th August, 2pm-4pm, ONLY at The Moon Café.

Josephine Clarke writes poetry and short stories. She has been a member of Out of the Asylum Writers’ Group since 2005, and was a member of the collective that organised the Fremantle Voicebox poetry readings from 2007 – 2022. Her work has been published in various Australian journals. In 2020 UWA Press published her first collection of poetry, Recipe for Risotto.

Saturday 15th July, Julian Matthews (Malaysia) + open-mike, at The Moon, on Zoom!

Perth Poetry Club has wonderful poet Julian Matthews (Malaysia) + open-mike this Saturday 15th July, 2pm-4pm at The Moon Café and on ZOOM.

Julian Matthews is a Pushcart-nominated poet, and the offspring of mixed minorities from Malaysia.  He is published in the American Journal of Poetry, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Live Encounters poetry magazine and New Verse News online site, among others.

Saturday 8th July, Van Su Yun (Singapore) & Judith Huang + open-mike, at The Moon Cafe, on Zoom!

Perth Poetry Club has wonderful poets Van Su Yun (Singapore) & Judith Huang + open-mike this Saturday 8th July, 2pm-4pm at The Moon Café and on ZOOM.

Van Su Yun …This being her 3rd feature with Perth Poetry Club, Su Yun is facing difficulty finding space in this bio to fit her ego, but is determined to make room.

Saturday 1st July, Deanne Leber & Angie + open-mike!, at The Moon Cafe, on Zoom!

Perth Poetry Club has wonderful poets Deanne Leber & Angie + open-mike this Saturday 1st July, 2pm-4pm at The Moon Café and on ZOOM.

   Deanne Leber is a Perth poet, who has published two collections of poetry: Book of Days and Constellations.

Her work persists in the smallest of spaces and reaches beyond the page – or screen.  She probes gaps with rhymes, sometimes stars, sometimes minutes, sometimes lines.

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