This Saturday 16th February 2019 we have Daphne Milne + friends for the launch of Daphne’s poetry work The Blue Boob Club, and open-mike.
Daphne Milne‘s first poem was published in a school magazine at the age of ten.
This Saturday 9th February 2019 we have two wonderful poets, Flora and Laurie Smith, and open-mike.
This Saturday 2nd February 2019 we have two wonderful poets, Niel Smith + Fable Goldsmith, and open-mike.
Niel Smith is a first generation Australian, father of five and a primary school principal. As a spoken word artist Niel cuts to the heart of today’s societal and political issues in an honest, personal and, sometimes humorous, perspective.
This Saturday 26th January 2019 we have three wonderful poets, John Pratt + Baby Talk + Charl Fourie, and open-mike. All three are recent arrivals to the Perth Poetry Club fold.
This Saturday 19th January 2019 we have two wonderful poets, Ananda Barton + Jane Cornes Maclean, and open-mike.
Seventeen days after Ananda Barton was born the United States abandoned the gold standard, although there is no proven link between these two events. Born in Western Australia and growing up in the South West, Ananda’s life has encompassed unemployment, studying ancient history at UWA, the State public service and appointment as an officer in the army of an unrecognized nation.
This Saturday 12th January 2019 we have the wonderful poet Phillip Hall, and open-mike, to kick-start 2019.
Phillip Hall is a poet and essayist.
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Sunday 6th January, a No Poetry Sunday Lunch to start 2019
Perth Poetry Club is holding a No Poetry Sunday Lunch on Sunday 6th January at the Red Chilli Sichuan Restaurant, 191 James St Northbridge, 1130am for 12noon.
The restaurant is Fully Licenced. NO BYO please. Gluten-free and vegetarian are catered. Everyone has to pay their own way.
Thank you for all your support during the year.
2018 saw Perth Poetry Club entertain with 76+ feature poets, 800+ open-mikers 1,950+ audience 2,500+ poems
This does not include the following multiple features we had:
This Saturday 15th December 2018 we have our last gig for the year with two wonderful poets, Julie Watts + Gabriel O’Sullivan
and open-mike and announcement of The CHRiku winners to see the year out. Stay for Pizza and Drinks after the gig.
This Saturday 8th December 2018 we have our fourth Mega Open-Mike event for the year.
Perth Poetry Club holds Mega Open-Mikes quarterly as an opportunity for every open-miker to be a feature with 5 minutes (maximum) of performance time.
Best to prepare your performance. Try something different, experimental. Edit and refresh your poems. Hone your performance skills.
Past events have been memorable for the quality of the poetry and performances.