I say AU, you say UA…..Mark Roberts reviews ‘AU/UA: Contemporary Poetry of...
AU/UA: Contemporary Poetry of Ukraine and Australia / Сучасна поезія України та Австралії Edited by Les Wicks, Yury Zavadsky and Grigory Semenchuk. Published as ebook by Krok (Ternopil, Ukraine) in...
View ArticleAn eclectic tour de force: Mark Roberts reviews Famous Reporter 43
Famous Reporter Issue 43 Published by Walleah Press, PO Box 368, North Hobart Tasmania 7002. There is always (or at least almost always) a scene of sadness around an impending death. Friends and...
View ArticleThe return of the Gestetner Revolution……sort of…. The double launch of: THE...
The return of the Gestetner Revolution……sort of….Rochford Street Press is proud and slightly surprised to announce the double launch of: THE SELECTED YOUR FRIENDLY FASCIST edited by Rae Desmond Jones...
View ArticleWith Pretty Air and Marginal Grace: Rebecca Kylie Law review’s ‘The Sea of...
The Sea of Heartbeak (Unexpected Resilience) by Les Wicks.Puncher & Wattman 2013. One of the quirks of Performance Poetry is to speak from the heart; and if a word or phrase brings to mind an image...
View ArticleHorrors & Hay: Les Wicks reviews ‘Rain Season’ by Robbie Coburn
Rain Season by Robbie Coburn, Picaro, 2013. Reviewed by Les Wicks. As a general rule I only write positive reviews of Australian poetry. Sure, the argument exists that this presents to the revered...
View Article“veracity, agility, ferocity, and novelty”: Les Wicks launches Open & Unfold...
Les Wicks launched Open & Unfold (Belgrove Press) by Cecilia Morris on Sunday, 21 May at the Brighton Library, 14 Wilson St, Brighton, Victoria. I’ve been a part of this community of poets for too...
View ArticleLes Wicks: Biographical Note
Les Wicks. photograph by Susan Adams (2014). Les Wicks has toured widely and been published in 28 countries and 13 languages. His 13th book of poetry is Getting By Not Fitting In (Island, 2016). His...
View ArticleA taste of the international poetry festivals: Featured Writers’ introduction...
The Rovers An international poetry festival is a life changing event for the poets and more than a few of the audience. Let me paint a picture – somewhere between thirty and one hundred and forty...
View ArticleFeatured Writer Márcio-André de Sousa Haz: One Poem
‘Obrigado, Senhor’ from Poemas apócrifos de Paul Valéry. video performance by Marcio- Andre and Laurent Winkler Thank you, Lord Thank you lord for being by our side for annihilating our enemies for...
View ArticleFeatured Writers: Four Poems from ‘To End All Wars’
Parallels of latitude In one version of our story, Gavrilo Princip, . named by his devout parents after the Archangel Gabriel, dies in infancy – like six of his siblings. . In another version he...
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