My favourite poetry is that which teaches me something about a person and their lived experience while being abstract enough that I can find myself in it. Mahir’s poetry is just that - gentle, soulful and thought provoking. The poem shared in this edition speaks to polarity and the thin
Shape-shifter
silent invertebrate hunter
time-traveller
on a restless tide
weightless
in an impermanent pool
Siobhan Cawson-Mooney is our current Poet-in-Residence. Every now and then we find a voice that sings to us. Those voices that show us something new - voices from out there that somehow
At first look and listen Rick and his brand of performance poetry might seem a bit ballsy and belligerent. Righteous, chip paper written rants on the state of society. Scratch the surface though and you'll find a sensitive sage, a watcher, a man who sees through the surfaces
