Poetry Open Mic

"Poetry begins in reading" - John Tranter
 

All enthralled by Kerry Miller's poetry
 

As cafe poet at Gilbert's of Mittagong, I have just held my fist poetry open mic today. It was a great day, with good food as always. Thank you to all of the staff for being so supportive of my residency and of poetry.

Susan Pearce dazzles us all with her talent
 

Everyone in the cafe today was dazzled by Jared Camilleri, Kerry Miller and Susan Pearce's poetry.

 

"A poem is something that the heart says to the mind, says to the body - poetry is an embodiment" - Mark Tredinnick
 

Rhiannon Hall reading a poem at Gilbert's of Mittagong

Thank you to Peter Carmody for organising a sound system for me.

"Poetry is a language awake to its connections" - Jane Hirshfield
 

Deeply engrossed in Jared Camilleri's poem

Thank you John Brown for taking photos of the event.

I hope to see more poets at my next open mic on the 24th of November. Here's a great blog post by Pip Smith about reading poetry out loud.