Welcome to Red Room Poetry
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20+ Years
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100+ Projects
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1,800+ Poets Commissioned
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43,600+ Poems created
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Stargazing
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all the while, trying to start the engine
By Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lips, Helen Franzmann(for Jupiter)
between waking and sleep, two switches flicker
connecting stop-starts from Life and Now -
The Great Displaced
By Omar MusaFor Jess
The boy lights a candle
and faces a perilous horizon.
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Poetry Month
Poetry Month aims to increase the profile of Australian poetry and poets. Our goal is to increase access, awareness, value and visibility of poetry in all its forms and for all audiences. -
Poem Forest 2026
Poem Forest is a free nature writing prize that breathes life back into the natural world that sustains us. Entries now open! -
ABC Line Break
We are thrilled to be partnering with the national broadcaster, ABC Radio National, to bring you a weekly poem across 2025 from poets across the continent.
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Find Your New Favourite Poem
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How Long
By Jo Giles“So, have they told you how long they think you’ve got?”
Gun loaded, trigger pulled, gun shot.
It’s a common question, I should mention
This Doctor’s not so out of line -
Second Innings
By Bharat SundaresanThey huddled around me, like close-in fielders on a Mumbai dustbowl
A couple stood a few feet away, hands clasping their knees
The other two much closer, crouched low right under my nose
To catch anything that came their way -
The language of hope
By Hodan Yasin, Saba Vasefitranslated by Saba Vasefi
I close my eyes,
Releasing countless butterflies—
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