RABBIT 27 – Tense (Within Australia)

I have a poem in the ‘TENSE’ issue of Rabbit Journal. Lately I have been writing a lot about work, and this poem covers some aspect of what I have been focused on in that context. The journal was guest edited by Pascalle Burton and David Stavanger, thanks to both for including my poem.

You can purchase the journal at Rabbitpoetry.com or subscribe for several issues. Thank you to Rabbit Poetry Journal.

Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own, issue 8

I have a poem in the latest and last issue of Pascalle Burton’s, Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own. This is issue 8 and it also features the work of Carody Culver, Ian Gibbins, Elena Kotasvili, Jackie Ryan, Nathan Shepherdson, Renee Vaughan Sutherland and Anne-Marie Te Whiu.

My piece is A transcript of the Dungeons & Dragons opening credits. I’ve included the video source below. The series was never concluded and so these six kids have been left trapped forever in the realm of Dungeons and Dragons.

Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own

I have a piece in the Pocket Issue of Pasalle Burton’s zine, Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own. This is issue Seven.

You can find out more about the issue at her website, and purchase a copy from the Lavender Room Etsy store (I think it may have already sold out).

Pascalle Burton at the Salt Room

The Salt Room will be back in the Gorman Main Hall in March. From the November 2015 edition, here is Pascalle Burton with her poem, Coating the Walls with Stories.

The Salt Room is run by BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! with the support of the Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres.

The theme of the issue is Space

I have a new poem in the sixth issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own, the theme of the issue is Space.

Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own

The piece was developed from the astrophysics report Planet Hunters X. KIC 8462852 - Where's the Flux? and uses an online tool to apply a modified version of the S+7 Oulipo procedure invented by Jean Lescure.

The work has been published alongside pieces from Ian Gibbins, Elena Kotasvili, Nathan Shepherdson, Renee Vaughan Sutherland and Annie Te Whiu.

This is what the zine series creator Pascalle Burton has to say about the series, ‘The zine consists of the words, images and concepts of others. Expect found and visual poetry and collage, plus contributions from other artists and poets. Even the title of the zine series must be attributed to DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid.’

The Salt Room - 20 November

The Salt Room - 20 November at the Gorman Arts Centre

Brought to you by BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! in partnership with the Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres, the Salt Room is the poetry and performance night the Australian Capital Territory deserves.

Bringing together local, national and international writers and performers it showcases some of the best that poetry can be.

For this event we have Pascalle Burton (Brisbane), Adam Hadley (Brisbane), Suzanne Edgar (Canberra) and CJ Bowerbird (Canberra).

All MCed by Joel Barcham and Andrew Galan

Read below for more information about each of our performers.

Pascalle Burton

Avant-garde performance-poet musician-lady, whose experimental manoeuvres with words and sound are usually founded in cultural theory and have been described as an ‘elegant dragnet’. Pascalle has performed at venues and festivals, both in Australia and overseas. Current projects include The Stress Of Leisure, Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect., The Outlandish Watch project (with collaborators Nathan Shepherdson and David Stavanger), the Golden Stapler Award nominated The Lavender Room Zine-in-a-Matchbox series and the accessories label TWENTY FIVE SEVENTY FIVE for The Lavender Room. Her debut poetry collection A Vast Laugh was released through Small Change Press in 2008. This year in collaboration with Nathan Sheperdson she created UN/SPOOL. 

Adam Hadley

Adam Hadley is a story teller, performance poet & MC. With his partner Tessa Rose he has hosted at Woodford Folk Festival and performed poetry about Twin Peaks to confused G20 protestors. He is one of the hive minds behind Brisbane’s story-slam Bad Slam No Memoir, and has had work published by Seizure Online, black & blue and Fanciful Fiction Auxiliary.

Suzanne Edgar

Suzanne Edgar’s recent books are Still Life and The Love Procession, both 2012. Her poems are in many anthologies including The Best Australian Poems 2004 & 2005, 2011, 2012 & 2015.

An overview of her poetry and a current interview with her by John Beston are in Antipodes (Dec 2014) and may be read online.

CJBowerbird

'Moments of heartfelt tragedy combined with raw humour.' CJ Bowerbird explores what it is to be human, writing about things we have lost, things we never had and things that are slipping through our fingers. Most recently featuring at Woodford Folk Festival, CJ has performed across Australia, China, Indonesia and the US. He was the 2012 Australian Poetry Slam Champion and hosts Bloody Lips – Words of Passion, Spoken and Sung in Canberra, ACT.

Art, industry, architecture & pets

The New River Gorge Bridge

My poem Art, industry, architecture & pets has been published on the website for zine series Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own. The poem is a response to issue 2 of the series, the Architecture issue.

Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is run by Pascalle Burton. You can purchase the Architecture issue, as well as other issues online.

This is how Pascalle describes the publications, ‘The zine series…. Includes poetry and art consisting of the words, images and concepts of others – think found poetry, collage and Oulipo inspired pieces.”

The Poetry Slam!

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! IS THE POETRY SLAM.

And it wants your original words on stage

for two minutes with no props or music for prizes!

PRIZES!

And it wants you in the Phoenix Pub judging

from 10 to -∞!

-∞!

And it wants you in the Phoenix Pub for general yelling,

specific yelling,

muttering and/or whispering,

and/or even quiet contemplation! It’s your call!

YES, IT’S YOUR CALL!

And don’t forget the prizes!

PRIZES!

So join The Master of Conflict, the audience, the judges, the poets, the sound guy, the bar staff, The Score Adder, the toilet goers, the feature acts, the MCs, the drinkers and the yellers, for prizes, arm flapping, headgear wearing, and coherent and/or incoherent shouting in the Phoenix Pub.

And this month we bring you Pascalle Burton

Yes our first feature act is Pascalle Burton, Pascalle Burton is an Avant-garde performance-poet musician-lady, whose experimental manoeuvres with words and sound are usually founded in cultural theory and have been described as an ‘elegant dragnet’. Pascalle has performed at venues and festivals, both in Australia and overseas. Current projects include The Stress of Leisure, Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect., The Outlandish Watch project (with collaborators Nathan Shepherdson and David Stavanger), the Golden Stapler Award nominated Lavender Room Zine-in-a-Matchbox series and the accessories label TWENTY FIVE SEVENTY FIVE for The Lavender Room. Her debut poetry collection A Vast Laugh was released through Small Change Press in 2008.

And this month we bring you The Stress Of Leisure

Yes our second feature act is The Stress of Leisure! The Stress of Leisure is a band which hails from Brisbane (Queensland), heavily influenced by its sub tropical surroundings. The Stress of Leisure is a truly independent band and continues to release under its own imprint The Stress of Leisure Recording Co. Four albums have been released: The Stress of Leisure (2006), Hour to Hour (2008), Soft Approach (2010) and Cassowary (2012); as well as the 7" single Sex Time (2011). Various commentators have referred to the band as 'local pop wonders', as 'criminally underrated', a band that ease 'seamlessly through a variety of genres'. The slow burn continues.

So join BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! on the 3rd Wednesday of November for the poetry slam of November 2013, for first prizes, for feature acts, for noise, for poetry, for music, for drinking, for toilet going, for more and more and more first prizes, and remember — your original material, two minutes, no music, no props, on stage at the Phoenix Pub.

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!
Photograph by Adam Thomas

The Poetry Slam Returns to the Phoenix Pub

Mall Stories 2013

Julian Fleetwood has put together Mall Stories as part of YouAreHere for two years.

Mall Stories is a walking tour composed of words by writers from around the world and centres on the Mall experience. The first tour, Mall Stories 2012, took place within the Canberra Centre.

This year the collection has extended into a tour around Canberra’s civic centre, mostly outdoors, while continuing the exploration of the growing mall named the Canberra Centre.

I am stoked to be alongside writers and artists such as Monica Caroll, Pascalle Burton, Daniel Ferri, Art Rush and Marcus Westbury, as well as a bunch of others from Canberra and the wider world.

You can download Mall Stories 2013 and Mall Stories 2012.

Zine-in-a-Matchbox

Check out the Lavender Room Zine-in-a-Matchbox Issue 8

Zine-in-a-Matchbox Issue 8

The zine includes all these people:

Natasha L Adams / Alana Brekelmans / Sally Browne / Amanda Coghlan / Jason Darling / Connor Dee / Bruce Dorlova / Emma Farry / Andrew Galan / Joy Green / Hadley / Matt Hetherington / Sasha Jessop / Carmen Keates / Mai Lin Li / Chris Lynch / Corrie Macdonald / Vern Mitchell / Graham Nunn / mr oCean / Andrew Phillips / Jacob Polley / Doug Poole / David Prater / Tessa Rose / Nathan Shepherdson / Dawn Joy Silversides / David Stavanger / Michael D Tees / Bianca Walsh / emily xyz

I am in that list.

Buy the zine here and check out the Lavender Room on facebook here.

This is the Whale Galaxy, also known as Caldwell 32 or NGC 4631.

NGC 4631 courtesy of the Hubble Telescope

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! @ The Phoenix, 730PM Wednesday 21 September

Welcome to the invitation to the next instalment of BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! is where we bring you a stage, a microphone, two minutes, a ding stating Score Adder, an audience, five judges and a Master of Conflict, all so you can YELL, whisper, talk normally, tell us about your day and/or but not restricted to also read love letters, haiku, bush ballads and or tales of ninjas.

FOR PRIZES

Yes you can win prizes from Impact Comics, Mind Games, Smiths Alternative Bookshop and what-ever else people donate to us to give to you.

AND YOUR MCs WILL FIGHT THE MASTER OF CONFLICT ANY DAY TO ENSURE YOU GET THOSE PRIZES.

Anyway, BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! is the poetry slam of Canberra and this month we bring you:

Pascalle Burton

Pascalle is an avant-garde performance-poet musician whose experiments and maneuvers with words and sound will make you too want to perform words and sounds, yes, they will.

Pascalle has won the Queensland Poetry Festival and Woodford Folk Festival Slams, her debut poetry collection, A Vast Laugh, has been released through Small Change Press and her The Lavender Room art has been nominated for the coveted Golden Stapler Awards.

YOU SHOULD BE AT BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! FOR HER PERFORMANCE, Yes, you should.

And because we want to smash you with stuff while you are also doing things to us with your words at BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! we also bring you:

The Stress of Leisure

One reviewer of a Stress of Leisure live gig said that the Stress of Leisure put him at the bar with a fistful of coin for a restorative beer! And at Another Lost Shark the Stress of Leisure actually ate the reviewer with the pop-goodness of their album Hour to Hour, chomp, chomp while they sat in the summer back-yard getting a bit of the romance on. Who doesn’t want to drink beer during summer and get the romance on in the back-yard while eating sharks?

YOU SHOULD BE AT BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! FOR The Stress of Leisure, yes, you should.

Got all that? You should be at BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! with your words, with your judging socks on to judge poetry, or judge judges judging poetry or judge audiences judging audiences judging judges judging poetry. ALL FOR POETRY ‘CAUSE RHYME IS THE REAL WINNER. Or was that poetry? I don’t know, where am I? is it too early to say I love you? so be at BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! 730pm, original words, no props, no music, two minutes, judges, prizes, whiskey, back-yards, sonnets, the Stress of Leisure, Pascalle Burton, at the Phoenix Pub.

And remember to remember not what a diphthong is but what it can do for you.