POETRY

In 2018, I quit my day job and started doing other, more creative, things. For fun, I entered a local slam. I won my heat and went on to be runner up in the final. I was hooked - on poetry, on performance, and into the Adelaide spoken word community.

I now participate at open mics, storytelling events, and slams. I write pretty much everyday and when someone inevitably asks “What do you do?” I answer “I am a writer.”

Some of my poetry highlights along the way include:

• runner-up in the 2019 Adelaide Summer Slam;

• finalist in the 2020 Winter Slam;

• finalist in the 2021 South Australian State Slam;

• ​ selected for Raining Poetry in Adelaide in 2021;

• participation in open mics across Adelaide, including co-hosting The Good Word (2021-2023) and Voicebox (2023/34) at Mixed Creative, Port Adelaide;

• Spoken Word SA's Poet in Residence at Adelaide City Library in April/May of 2023;

• five of pieces selected for Poetic City Canberra’s Haiku 4 You project in 2023;

• founding partner of Ellipsis Poetry, with Jazz Fechner-Lante;

• ​​publication in periodicals, blogs, and anthologies including: Meniscus, Saltbush Review, InDaily, Five Fleas, and Adelaide, Mapping the Human City.

Please use the links that follow to read some poetry. Those marked NEW have been added in the latest update.