30in30 daily poetry commissions
Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, authors, and spoken word artists.
30in30 provides a snapshot of some of the best of contemporary Australian poetry, with commissioned work by writers of all stripes from across the continent. Featuring original commissions by our Poetry Ambassadors including Nam Le, Chika Ikogwe, Lang Leav, James Colley and Heather Mitchell, Baraya Barray student poems and commissioned artists Kirli Saunders and Sonya Hollowell, Red Room Poetry Fellows, Emerging Poets in Residence and collaborative commissions from AUS-UK pairings in celebration of Contains Strong Language, featuring Adrian Mouhajer with Princess Arinola Adegbite, and Young Poet Laureate for Coventry Aamani Kanda (UK) and Australian Poetry Slam Co-Champion KJ Hayward (AUS).
Contemporary poets working at their finest are featured in this project - including new commissions by Rob Waters, Felicity Plunkett, Hasib Hourani, Ouyang Yu, Dominic Guerrera and poetic duets from Pascalle Burton with Andrew Galan and Zenobia Frost with Rebecca Jessen.
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a song you can’t unsing
By Lucy Nortonsame colour as ruin
as in take them from home
as in run songline to dust
same colour as ochre -
Clipper blades and feather pillows
By Jonathan SriranganathanSnip
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snip, snip, snip
These days, you can hear that subtle clicking almost everywhere -
An Heirloom of Love
By Adrian Mouhajer, Princess Arinola Adegbiteafter bell hooks
Here on my table, we share the memory of our countries,
centuries of recipes stitched into the strands of my hair,
Featured Poets
#30in30 Writing Competition
30 chances to win a daily book prize with 3 lines!
Running 1-31 August, we'll be releasing a new daily writing prompt created by one of our 30in30 commissioned artists. To view the daily prompt, follow us on Instagram or Facebook.
Winners will be announced daily and each will receive a poetry collection from this year's #30in30 project partner, Readings, plus three lucky poets from across the month will be selected for paid publication.
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Readings
