Queensland Poetry Festival Program Launch

Overview

If poetry is something that makes you groan, question your intelligence, and bang your head against a wall, then you’ve been stuck in a highschool mindset for too long. In 2014 poetry isn’t all Keats, Lawson, “shall i compare thee to a summers day” and toupes– this is a time of rich and radical free verse. And there’s no better way to celebrate poetry than to sport your favourite black turtle neck and head along to the final of the 2014 Riverbend Poetry Series as launch for the Queensland Poetry Festival program.

This evening will kick of at 6pm, and showcase some of the finest poetic voices of our time. Long time activist, post-surrealist writer and poet Lionel Fogarty is the sure highlight of the night. With words that have reformulated the understanding of poetic discourse and its roles in both black and white communities, he’s a master of the written word, and a leader in politically aware poetry. He’ll be joined by The Bell Divers, winner of the 2013 Queensland Literary Award for Emerging Author Rebecca Jessen, local poets Vanessa Page and John Koenig, and Zenobia Frost.

Poetry is something Brisbane should always be proud of. We’re the city that bred David Malouf, Graham Nunn and The Brisbane Bard, and have a blossoming generation of up and comers ready to sport their quills and show of some a-grade verse. Buy a ticket to the Riverbend Poetry Series final, and show a little support.