WE’RE BACK Y’ALL!! Poets Out Loud returns to the place it all began: the M|Arts Precinct in Murwillumbah. Join us for a full-out night of creativity at the new M|Arts bar, hosted by prize-winning poet Sarah Temporal.

We have a fabulous feature THOMAS KEILY .. Plus the poetry SLAM with sweet sweet prizes!

The Slam is on – get your words polished a prepped! Bring your poem / rap/ rant / song / lyrical reflection or comedic high-jinks, anything at all welcome. It must be under 2 minutes and it must be your own original work. Judged by random audience members, the poet with the highest score wins!

SLAM PRIZE is a season pass to Music After Dark (MAD) at M|Arts valued $180!!

If you don’t feel like slamming, you can share one piece in the open mic. New work from Sarah’s 5-week poetry course will also be showcased.

Get in from 7pm to sign up, first in best dressed. 10 spots in the slam, 5 for open mic.

Poets Out Loud  @M|Arts

Thursday 21st March

7pm for 7:30 until 9:30pm

$10 donation 

About our feature: 

Thomas Keily is the Head Librarian at The Library of Love (www.libraryof.love), the home of the world’s great love poetry. He is a former cabaret troupe director and spent several years in the Middle East studying Sufism, but is now one of the country’s leading experts on the poetry of Christian Mysticism.

About your host: 

Sarah Temporal is a prize-winning poet, educator and cultural producer. Her debut collection Tight Bindings (Puncher and Wattmann, 2024) explores embodiment and storytelling. Sarah is a winner of the Bunker Slam and Nimbin Poetry World Cup, with work published in Best of Australian Poems and more. Sarah loves working as a mentor for young writers and directing the annual Poets Out Loud Youth Slam. She founded Poets Out Loud to empower voices of all ages through writing and spoken-word. See more: https://sarahtemporal.com