Regional South Australia | Beginning August 2024
A series of poetry reading events.
Poetry on my Porch is a series of small-scale poetry reading events in the homes and backyards of local hosts. Poems may contain adult themes and coarse language.
Poetry on my Porch #2
Peterborough | Saturday 23 August 2025, 6pm start
As part of Poetry Month.
Newly arrived to Peterborough in 2025, poet and teacher Alysha Herrmann hosted a poetry sharing from her front verandah. Featuring music by Sam Wannan, with readings by Alysha, Nic Tubb and Xander Orana.
In the month lead up to this event Alysha hand-delivered weekly poems to over forty households in Peterborough.
Poetry on my Porch is a series of small-scale poetry reading events in local homes and backyards. Poems may contain adult themes and coarse language.
Poetry on my Porch #1
Mount Gambier | Thursday 29 August 2024, 6pm start
As part of Poetry Month.
Originally planned to be beneath the twinkle of fairy lights in Alysha’s backyard – we had wild and windy weather, so we activated the back-up plan and moved into the dining room instead!
We started with three songs performed by Bri Boyington, followed by poetry readings from Monica Hart, Josh King, and Alysha Herrmann (including two new poems commissioned especially for Poetry on my Porch – one each by Monica and Josh).
This Poetry on my Porch event was also supported by Red Room Poetry as part of Poetry Month 2024
The Poetry on my Porch series is one of the outcomes of Be Part of Things: we are the project.
Be Part of Things: we are the project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia.
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