POEM FOREST is a free nature writing prize that breathes life back into the natural world that sustains us. In this episode, POEM FOREST Producer Lorin Reid highlights some POEM FOREST poem commissions and entries. https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poem-forest/ Created by Red Room Poetry, in partnership with Wollongong City Council, POEM FOREST invites students and teachers to use their words to make positive climate action. For every nature poem received a tree is planted to help heal habitats and create a POEM FOREST for future generations. Since 2021, over 10,700 poem trees have been plant ..read more

Yirga is a writer, researcher and poet from Lalibela, Ethiopia. He currently lives in Whadjuk Noongar Boodja (Perth, Western Australia), where he is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University. His Amharic poetry was published in a solo collection, የተራሮች ጩኸት (The Cry of Mountains), and has been performed widely on stage and radio in Ethiopia. His English short stories and translated poems have been published in anthologies and journals, including Westerly, Unlimited Futures (Fremantle Press) and Ways of Being Here (Centre for Stories a ..read more

Lulu Houdini is a proud Gamilaraay/Gomeroi woman, writer, artsworker, nurse and birth worker. She creates and explores around connections with poetry of land, sea, sky, story. The main themes she explores are texture, Country, identity, traditional language, kweer nature, sensuality, love and finding our way back home to the guniimara, the mother's hands. She currently lives on and cares for Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi & Jinibara Country, Sunshine Coast. Lulu is also one of the inaugural recipients of the Emerging Poets Residency, which is currently open for applications! Here she is reading her ..read more

Today's #30in30 poet is freelance writer and author of Martu descent Karen Wyld! Karen has recently authored the books Where the Fruit Falls (UWA Publishing) and Heroes, Rebels and Innovators: Inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from history (Hachette Australia Books ). She lives by the sea on Kaurna Yarta in South Australia. Poetry Month (1–31 August) is an initiative presented by Red Room Poetry to increase the profile of Australian poetry in all of its forms. Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of ..read more

Poetry Month (1–31 August) is an initiative presented by Red Room Poetry to increase the profile of Australian poetry in all of its forms. Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, public figures, and spoken word artists. https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/ Read the full poem here: https://redroompoetry.org/poets/sukhjit-kaur-khalsa/kush-dil-happy-heart Our theme music is 'DIY’ by Material Gurl https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14723 Created with the support of Australia Council for ..read more

“Poetry is about freedom and it's survival. Poetry for me was lifesaving.” ~ Mohammad Awad MAD Poetry Producer, and Poetry Month Senior Producer David Stavanger draws out selected poems from the MAD Poetry archives in this episode, plus a range of selected poems previously commissioned as part of Poetry Month #30in30. If a poem was a room you could walk into, whose voices might you hear? Red Room Poetry grew from a community radio show focused on the voices of Australian poets. Now in our 20th year, explore Red Room Poetry’s audio archives including commissioned poems from the first two years ..read more

Poetry Month (1–31 August) is an initiative presented by Red Room Poetry to increase the profile of Australian poetry in all of its forms. Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, public figures, and spoken word artists. https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/ Read the full poem here: https://redroompoetry.org/poets/andrew-sutherland/my-most-watched-youtube-searches-year-so-far/ Our theme music is 'DIY’ by Material Gurl https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14723 Created with the support o ..read more

Poetry Month (1–31 August) is an initiative presented by Red Room Poetry to increase the profile of Australian poetry in all of its forms. Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, public figures, and spoken word artists. https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/ Read the full poem here: https://redroompoetry.org/poets/harry-reid/pinged-hammy/ Our theme music is 'DIY’ by Material Gurl https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14723 Created with the support of Australia Council for the Arts,Create ..read more

Poetry Month (1–31 August) is an initiative presented by Red Room Poetry to increase the profile of Australian poetry in all of its forms. Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, public figures, and spoken word artists. https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/ Read the full poem here: https://redroompoetry.org/poets/david-quirk/compromising-ambiance/ Our theme music is 'DIY’ by Material Gurl https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14723 Created with the support of Australia Council for the A ..read more

Poetry Month (1–31 August) is an initiative presented by Red Room Poetry to increase the profile of Australian poetry in all of its forms. Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, public figures, and spoken word artists. https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/ Read the full poem here: https://redroompoetry.org/poets/joanna-yang/rituals/ Our theme music is 'DIY’ by Material Gurl https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14723 Created with the support of Australia Council for the Arts,Create NSW ..read more