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Four Poets
The four poets are Robbie Coburn and Michelle Leber from Melbourne, Katherine Seppings from Castlemaine and Newstead local poet Ken Smeaton. All four poets have been critically and highly reviewed, and hold a unique place in Australian poetry forum. All seasoned readers, you can be assured of a fascinating afternoon.
Sunday 25th August
3pm
Blackbird
Entry $15 includes tea and cake
Bookings preferred
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or phone Ken 0425 713 117
Kenneth Graham Smeaton, born Ballarat, May eleven nineteen fifty one, the tenth child in a team of eleven to Robert Marshall and Jessica Olive. Author: White Sheet, Street poetry Lab 1982. Real Face, Abalone Press 1987. Cooooeee, Street Poetry Lab 1987. Nightclub, Poetry Audio Anthology, Street Poetry Lab 1989. Love Poet Live, Eaglemont Press 2002. Voice Box, a suite of Ken’s poems translated into ten languages. A forty year influence in the Melbourne open poetry movement continues.
Robbie Coburn is a Melbourne-based poet. Coburn was born in Melbourne and grew up on his family's farm just north of Melbourne. His father was a horse trainer and later a greyhound trainer, which is a large focus of his poetry. Coburn's first published poem appeared in anarchist poet Pi O's literary journal Unusual Work when he was 17 years old and he has since been published in many journals and magazines, including Poetry, Meanjin, Island and Westerly. Some of his poems have also been included in major anthologies. His first collection of poetry, The Other Flesh, is forthcoming from UWA Publishing in October 2019.
Michelle Leber's poetry exists in spaces between ‘stylistic execution’ and historical inquiry. Her current work investigates women born in the 19th century who collected specimens for the Australian botanist, Ferdinand Mueller. Her poetry has been published in Australia and internationally. She is the author of The Yellow Emperor (Five Islands Press).
www.michelleleber.com
