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24.01.2022 Many Thanks to everyone who made possible our first ever open mic soirée on zoom, last Thurs. An international event, we had Janine Booth (co-editor of CoronaVerses - Poems of the Pandemic) join us from London (circa 9.30am there at the time). Also from outside Sydney's inner west, we had a person in Lithgow joining us, 3 from the eastern suburbs, Danny from Wenty, 1 from the St George area, and one from Hornsby. We had poetry from Janine Booth,Danny Gardner, Bob Strum, Jill Carter Hansen and myself; music from Col Charlton and Peter Granton. Our next zoom soiree will be on 18 June

23.01.2022 New book by Jasmine, who has performed her work several times at the Bowlo https://poetryportalbookshop.com//poems-for-hope-jasmine-l

22.01.2022 Poets at Petersham Bowlo open mic session - we return to the Bowlo for a one off event on Sun 2 Aug, 1 till 3pm (outdoor covered area). Stay posted for news of more on-site events for our open mic (we'll continue with the Zoom event 3rd Thurs each month). If you'd like to attend on 2 Aug, please email the club. All clubs under the current Covid safety regulations are required to take bookings, so as to keep numbers at a a safe level. The address: [email protected] (email preferred by the club, rather than ringing up)

21.01.2022 Here's a new poem, inspired by a recent visit to Haberfield: Sunday morning queue, formed on lilly pads, each a metre and a half apart, in a pasticerria... in Sydney’s piccola Italia, waltzing back and forth between our pads and the display shelves for a closer scan, we change our minds as often as we change our line-up spots, finally we choose cannoli, biscotti, a cornetto, a flat white and a cappucino; rules of lockdown eased now, we could sit among the nonni and bambini and the generations sandwiched in between, but feel too toey still for grazing with the herd, so we head alfresco to Piazza Federazione in Ramsay St, crunching on the fallen autumn leaves, so will our teeth soon on the pastry and the nuts within, we park ourselves upon a bench, we’re warmed up by the sun, far more splendidly than by the café’s artificial heating, and we get a dose of Vitamin D, to boost our immune systems for this winter of nasty germs about; after years forsaking such sweet experience in leafy places, confined instead to cafes or their tables on the footpath, a lovely rediscovery, and when summer comes, these trees restored to greenness, you’ll find us here, beneath their cooling shade See more

19.01.2022 Mark Marusic is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Poets at Petersham Bowlo - open mic soirée - Winter Solstice edition Time: Jun 18, 2020 06:30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney... Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4741997750 Meeting ID: 474 199 7750 Password: 7gmdVr

07.01.2022 Mark Marusic is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Poets at the Petersham Bowlo open mic soiree Time: Jul 16, 2020 06:30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney... Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87503967510 Meeting ID: 875 0396 7510 Password: 099266 One tap mobile +61280156011,,87503967510#,,,,0#,,099266# Australia +61370182005,,87503967510#,,,,0#,,099266# Australia Dial by your location +61 2 8015 6011 Australia +61 3 7018 2005 Australia +61 731 853 730 Australia +61 861 193 900 Australia +61 8 7150 1149 Australia +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) Meeting ID: 875 0396 7510 Password: 099266 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdhK4iqVus

05.01.2022 Mark Marusic is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Poets at Petersham Bowlo Open mic soirée Time: Aug 20, 2020 06:30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney... Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4741997750 Meeting ID: 474 199 7750 Passcode: 7gmdVr

05.01.2022 Mark Marusic is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Poets at Petersham Bowlo Time: May 21, 2020 06:30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney... Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71902738153 Meeting ID: 719 0273 8153 Password: 1ydKau

04.01.2022 Mark Marusic is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Poets at Petersham Bowlo Time: Oct 15, 2020 06:30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney... Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4741997750 Meeting ID: 474 199 7750 Passcode: 7gmdVr

03.01.2022 Thurs 21 May we resume our monthly soirees - on zoom till whenever the club re-opens. From 6.30pm. Stay posted for more info soon!

01.01.2022 On 18 March 2020, poet, railway worker, RMT activist and neurodiversity champion Janine Booth set up the Facebook group "CoronaVerses: poems from the pandemic", hoping to provide a forum to address the many issues and experiences that people were facing in the health crisis about to eclipse the world, but not expecting it to attract the volume of verse that it did. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of poems appeared. The idea of an anthology had been in her mind, but she rapidly ...came to a decision to pick a selection from those posted in the first week. She got together with veteran poet Attila the Stockbroker to produce this stunning new book as an act of solidarity and a contribution to the fight against the virus. From the start, there was a mix of poets, including both ‘amateurs’ and established poets. Indeed, you get a sense of the book from the list of biographies including for example one who described herself as ‘geeky neurodivergent, lefty, bisexual cyclist, NHS worker and lifelong feminist killjoy’. All of the 63 contributors demonstrate artistic, social or political passion, a number in relation to disability and autism; there are committed socialists, trade unionists, parents, teachers, social workers, railway workers, artists and film-makers here. The collection is a cry from the hearts and minds of people at the start of this journey into the unknown as the impact of the coronavirus crisis started to hit. We write poems. Sad poems, funny poems, angry poems, touching poems. Formal poems, rhyming poems, free verse and rants. No-one will come away from this book unmoved titles alone convey the depth of feeling - from Untouched but not Unfelt and Collateral Damage, to The New Normal and After the Storm We Dance, readers will find something for them When There Are No Words. Most of the proceeds will be going to We Shall Overcome, a grassroots campaign dedicated to the fight against austerity through holding benefit gigs to alleviate suffering in FoodBankBritain. Priced at 8 in print and 3.99 as an ebook, the anthology, edited by Janine Booth and Attila the Stockbroker,Coronaverses: poems from the pandemic is published by Roundhead Publications and is available online via Amazon and ebook outlets such AppleBooks and Kobo. See more