A highly original collection of poetry by John Looker (the pen name for John Stevens).
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Coming soon: The Human Hive
Issue #4 of ‘Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own’
The fourth issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is available and this issue we are looking ahead to The Future.
The zine consists of the words, images and concepts of others. Expect found poetry and collage, plus contributions from other artists and poets. Even the title of the zine series must be attributed to DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid.
Please meet our contributors for this issue:
- UK artist and filmmaker Renee Vaughan Sutherland has made the piece Future Perfect. Here is a photo of work in progress for her up and coming solo show on January 17th 2015 at TAP, Southend.
image by Renee Vaughan Sutherland
- Matt Hetherington has written a poem called Don’t. Matt has performed and published his poems for over 20 years throughout Australia, Europe, and America, including in the anthologies The Best Australian Poetry [2007, UQP], and
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Photographs from SpeedPoets first event at The Lucky Duck
Clinton Brett Toghill opens procedings
A ripple of applause
Trudie (and with Bryce and Clayton)
Tom (with techno-trouble)
Stacey (with Tom D)
Shanti
Sav, TBN and Trish
Ron ( two streets down)
Peter Bakowski (with a snail who wants to know what it’s all 
about
Mother (Vanessa) and son, absorbed
and all the way from Germany, Matheus
Lesley, opening her heart
JK
Bryce
Andrew (Pied Hill Prawns).
I didn’t get a shot of his co-MC and the Call Back Poet of the Month (Simon Kindt)
so here is a library photo – congratulations, Simon.
SMORGåSBORD:Luna Edition @ Clarence Corner Bookshop and Cafe
If you’re free and wanting some words and moosic to soothe and something else also soothing then… wait only until tomorrow night…
In response to the buoyant and diverse creative community of Brisbane,Clarence Corner Book Shop & Cafe bring to you SMORGåSBORD, a night that offers a space for established artists and aspiring creatives to share in a supported environment. SMORGåSBORD encourages the rethinking of performance in the traditional forms and seeks to inspire new collaborations.
Our first event falls on the new moon of winter solstice, so in celebration and enchantment, Luna Edition will feature…
9.30-10.00pm O’ Little Sister
9-9.30pm Theatre Improv, by Black Fox Theatre
8:15-9pm Open Mic (9 x 5 min performances!)
7.45-8.15pm – Rhyll Tonge and me truly
7-7.30pm Umkancho, world music
And OPEN MIC
Sign up will be on the door, if you are a person who has had something hidden away in that heart of yours…
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SUBMISSIONS FOR SPEEDPOETS MAGAZINE OPEN
IF YOU READ IN APRIL,
LET US PRINT IT IN MAY
IF YOU HAVE A POEM THEE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE
MAGAZINE FOR THE
LAST EVENT AT THE
HIDEAWAY (it’s OK to rhyme)
WE ARE ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE
May Magazine until 27 May.
