http://www.robwalkerpoet.com south australian writer and poet Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:58:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My local council, the City of Onkaparinga, is a very progressive municipality which fosters the Arts. I know I’m biased, having won their inaugural Best Single Poet’s Collection in 2006, but I think they do a tremendous job on the local level. Poetry Unleashed 2010, now underway, involves poetry competitions for ... http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=296 It’s National Science Week in Australia. A few months ago The Poets’ Union & The Australian Poetry Centre invited submissions for poems on the wide theme of ‘poetry and science.’ I was very pleased that my poem slater was chosen for the anthology Earthly Matters and my audio work Earth’s ... http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=287 I'm in London right now visiting my daughter Amy. I read here that John Lennon’s original draft of his A day in the life recently went at auction for £810 000 & that took me back to the first time I heard that masterpiece when I was an innocent boy ... http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=282 Thanks to The Group literary arts magazine for putting up our (Ben & my) bibliophobia in the latest online edition. We join the esteemed company of Larry Buttrose, Sue Bond, Nike Bourke, Blazenka Brysha, BM Buttrose, Sam Cooney, Jack Feldstein, Matt Hetherington, Belinda Jeffrey, Kavita Jindal, Adair Jones, Mark Kovan, ... http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=276 A poem of mine which had its genesis in a junior high in Himeji two years ago has been recognised in the Australian Poetry Centre’s national poetry competition: ‘Making sense of it’. The competition was looking for poems which “show life from a totally unique perspective, from an author’s own ... http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=266 iPlod. Hip-hop for the middle-aged. I didn't forget the words to this one - it was a lot of fun. Ended up with 3rd place in this competition (Royce had a well-deserved 1st.) Thanks to Ivan for the sax-work which was totally impro. RIP Tuxedo Cat... SEE THE YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=261 How embarrassing. My first appearance at RebelSlam last week was the Adelaide Poetry Slam's swansong at the Tuxedo Cat before the wrecking ball smites the old building in Synagogue Place. The hardest part was trying to look cool when I went to jelly internally at forgetting my lines. Knowing it ... http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=248 I'm really looking forward to our first live gig at the Salt on the Tongue poetry festival (which will be HUGE) at Goolwa this Sat night. The poetry is hot and the music is cool. Max_mo is poets Amelia Walker, Mike Ladd & me and musos Steve Matters (bass), Andy Mills ... http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=232 I never did mention on this website that my son Ben and I won the 2009 Newcastle Poetry Prize (New Media) for our collaborative effort bibliophobia. In fact we were in Newcastle accepting our prize just hours before my dad died. Thanks to Ben for posting the news on his website. ... http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=228 [caption id="attachment_222" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Cath Kenneally"][/caption] Cath Kenneally will be reading my short story Running out of time on Radio Adelaide's Writers Radio on April 5 & 10. The programme is usually available as a podcast about a week after broadcast. HERE http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=219