Tag: poetry
POETS OUT LOUD 2021 YOUTH SLAM – The countdown is on!
What a busy year it’s been… Our Poets Out Loud team have been workshopping, meeting, travelling, planning, performing, teaching, and juggling! Sarah, Anna, Katinka and I have been working steadily on the Youth Program, bringing slam poetry workshops to high schools in the Northern… Continue Reading “POETS OUT LOUD 2021 YOUTH SLAM – The countdown is on!”
2020 Youth Slam wrap-up & Studio Sessions
In 2020 Poets Out Loud brought Youth Slam Poetry workshops to the Northern Rivers in the midst of a global pandemic. We didn’t know how it would all pan out when Covid really struck in March, but we held our nerve and pushed forward… Continue Reading “2020 Youth Slam wrap-up & Studio Sessions”
Poets Out Loud Youth Program 2020: The Workshops
This year, Poets Out Loud offered a series of slam poetry workshops to high schools around the Northern Rivers, NSW. The program will culminate in the region’s first ever Youth Slam on 1st November 2020. I’m lucky enough to be involved in the program… Continue Reading “Poets Out Loud Youth Program 2020: The Workshops”
Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup 2019
It was a sunny Saturday on the 7th of September and I was locked and loaded for the Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup. The poem was a doozy, an eight-minute, free verse behemoth. It was called ‘Maitland’. First, a bit about the poem. Then,… Continue Reading “Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup 2019”
Masters & Slaves Performance 2017 – ‘Her Name Was’
Each year, Smallroom Writers Collective hosts a night in partnership with Griffith’s Friends of the Library, themed ‘Masters and Slaves’. The theme calls for you to pick a great literary master or mistress, and write something about them. It could be satire, homage, takedown,… Continue Reading “Masters & Slaves Performance 2017 – ‘Her Name Was’”
Jedda Winkworth 