Pocketry

Pocketry is an independent publisher based in Melbourne. The first issue of Pocketry Almanack was published in Feb 2020.

It was founded in late 2019 by self-confessed book geek and poet Indrani Perera with the aim of providing a home for unheard voices.

18/01/2022

Got something to share? Issue 5 of the Pocketry Almanack is now open for submissions and I want your poetry and art! Check out the submission guidelines for more information. Link in bio.

27/12/2021

And Season One is a wrap! Thank you to all the established poets who appeared in the very first season of Pocketry Presents. Emilie Collyer, Angela Costi, Kevin Brophy, Dominique Hecq, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, David Munro, Dr Mark Tredinnick, Thabani Tshuma and Melizarani T Selva.

It's been a whirlwind five months of poetry, stories, words, interviews and poetic techniques.

It was our pleasure to publish emerging and aspiring poets in Issue 3 and 4 of the Pocketry Almanack - Andrew Brion, Amanda Collins, Anne Collopy, Kelle Cunningham, Kris Deminick, Caleb Green, Thinn Thinn Khine, Anna Kochetkova, Nidhi rao and Rowan White. As well as the artists Meg Doller and Shirley Kanyon.

And a big thank you to all you lovely listeners for tuning in - it's been wonderful to share poetry with you!

06/12/2021

Pocketry Presents is back with a special episode featuring the poets and artists published in Issue 4 of the Pocketry Almanack! Tune in to hear poetry in English as well as Burmese. Learn how we've managed to cram in even more art with stunning pieces from artists Meg Doller and Shirley Kanyon as well as art from one of the poets for this issue. You'll also hear some intriguing words that were bartered for a copies of the Almanack.

Content warning: drug reference, toxic relationships, torture, war

Poets featured in this episode: Kris Deminick, Caleb Green, Thinn Thinn Khine, Anna Kochetkova, and Nidhi Rao.

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22/11/2021

Pocketry interrupts the scheduled episodes for this season to bring you a special announcement for emerging and aspiring poets wanting to get their poetry published.

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22/11/2021

Get your daily dose of words with issue 4 of the Pocketry Almanack. Now available everywhere good poets are found. https://www.pocketry.com.au/current-issue.html

09/11/2021

In this masterclass on the art of spoken word performance, Thabani Tshuma talks about terror and excitement, empowerment and nerves, feelings and nuances, dangerous spaces and diary dumps, resolution of narrative, duty of care to an audience, curating a feature set, starting young, learning poetic techniques through scribing, stage presence and theatricality, writing for page vs stage, poems as mini plays, memorising and rehearsing, rhyme as a memory aid, forgetting lines and improvising, the open mic testing ground, audience as an editing partner, curator vs artist, trust and performance, getting featured and remembering your why.

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09/11/2021

Poetry can bring comfort and joy even in the darkest times. Reading someone else’s words is a way to know that you’re not alone in what you are feeling and experiencing.

The poems and art featured in Issue four of the Almanack contain as many worlds as there are artists and poets in its tiny pages. From relationships, to domesticity and human rights issues you’ll find it here. https://www.pocketry.com.au/current-issue.html

You can grab a copy from one of these wonderful poets in exchange for a word or a drawing .soreness .kanyon

09/11/2021

Entries now open for Pocketry’s Prize for Unpublished Poets. If you’re a poet who hasn’t had a collection of poetry published, this is the competition for you!

Winners receive publication of their poems in an A6 sized chapbook and three hours of mentoring. Competition closes midnight AEDT Tuesday 30 November 2021.

For more information: https://www.pocketry.com.au/pocketry-prize-for-unpublished-poets.html

09/11/2021

Issue 4 of the Pocketry Almanack is out now! Packed with art and poetry in two different languages, I think this may be the best issue yet!

Leave an unusual word in the comments to get your hands on a. copy. https://www.pocketry.com.au/current-issue.html

09/11/2021

Listen to episode 17 of Pocketry Presents to hear .tshuma on why there’s no such thing as writer’s block.
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02/11/2021

Introducing Margin Notes, the new monthly e-mail newsletter from Pocketry. Sign up to find out about submissions, prizes and poetry goodness! https://www.pocketry.com.au

02/11/2021

In this episode hear Thabani Tshuma (.tshuma) on learning to use the medium, writing when there's time, non-linear writing and starting in the middle, figuring out where in the poem you are and what it needs, performance as an editing tool, poetry as an oral art form, editing as part of the creative process, not writing enough vs always writing, watching tv and talking to friends as part of the writing process, capitalist grind culture, the need for introspection, the intersection of art and commerce, funding and quantifying the arts, the worth of a poem, writing for publication and a tip for writing.

Thabani Tshuma is a Zimbabwean writer and performance poet. His work can be found in publications such as Dichotomi magazine and Next in Colour. He is the co-curator of Thin Red Lines, a 2019 Hotdesk fellowship recipient with the Wheeler Centre, featured author with Djed Press, Slamalamadingdong’s 2019 Grand Slam champion, ranked among the top 50 slam poets worldwide at IWPS 2019, and winner of all major awards at the 2019 Melbourne Spoken Word Prize. Writing is the aperture through which he views the world and experiences self in relation to others.

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02/11/2021

Listen to Es Foong () read the poem Heavy Into Silence, from her chapbook, Margin Doodles Volume 1, and then learn all about rhyme and how to craft a title for your poem. You can find Es and Waffle Irongirl, her digital and performance persona, at www.waffleirongirl.com.

Es Foong is astounded to be a poet, flash fictionista and spoken word performer based in Naarm (Melbourne). Her poetry appears in print and online including the Australian Poetry Journal, Cold Mountain Review, and "Borderless: A transnational anthology of feminist poetry”published by Recent Work Press. Her performance persona, Waffle Irongirl has featured at spoken word events around Australia including Passionate Tongues, La Mama Poetica, That Poetry Thing That's On at Smith's Every Monday. On-stage, she is the poetic analogue of heavy-metal karaoke. Off-stage, she eats identity labels for breakfast.

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02/11/2021

Kris Deminick () is a poet, freelance journalist and marketer for a professional theatre. She runs This Electrified Life (a nod to David Bowie), mentoring artists through the challenges of the creative process. Her writing, spoken word, and podcast Why Not Art? explore the human condition and how art makes it sweeter. Find her at www.thiselectrifiedlife.com.

Kris’ poem, living with a sociopath, graces the pages of issue four of the Pocketry Almanack.

02/11/2021

Meg Doller () is a writer and contemporary mixed media artist who describes words and art as ‘persistent’ elements of her thoughts and life. Meg strives to interpret her geographical and individual place in the world, drawing inspiration for her literary and visual works from her personal experiences and immediate environment.

Meg’s artwork, Blind Contour Bottle, graces the pages of issue four of the Pocketry Almanack.

02/11/2021

Caleb Green (.soreness) is a poet, journalist and musician working on Wathaurong Land. He has grown up around books and holds a passion for wordsmithing and satire. Favourite writers of his are Bruce Dawe, John Clarke and Italo Calvino. He enjoys cats, bread, full notebooks and picking the weird stuff between bricks.

Caleb’s poems, Waking Up To Muck and Bin Night , grace the pages of issue four of the Pocketry Almanack.

02/11/2021

Shirley Kanyon is an Israeli artist with a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Bezalel Art and Design Academy in Jerusalem. She explores light and natural themes through observational landscape painting. Shirley has lived, created and exhibited in Israel, the USA and Australia. You can follow her on Instagram|Facebook .Kanyon or support her work at www.patreon.com/shirleykanyon.

Shirley’s artwork, The Shy Observer, graces the pages of issue four of the Pocketry Almanack.

02/11/2021

Thinn Thinn Khine is a physician, visual artist and poet. She is originally from Myanmar and now based in Melbourne. Her work focuses on reflective stories about creative grieving, migration and human rights issues in Myanmar.

Thinn Thinn’s poem and artwork, Walk Until The End, grace the pages of issue four of the Pocketry Almanack.

02/11/2021

Anna Kochetkova () is a Russian-born Australian author and poetess, social media strategist for not-for-profits all around the country, and a passionate bi+ activist based in Sydney. Anna is the creator of the Bi & Prejudice Instagram space, which helps celebrate multi-sexual attraction and human diversity.

Anna’s poem, Her Hands, graces the pages of issue four of the Pocketry Almanack.

02/11/2021

Nidhi Rao () is 21 years of age. She mostly writes tragic comedy in the form of poetry about heartbreak, feminism, her mum and her foster cats. She aspires to be kind and witty. Born in India, she now studies psychology & criminology in Naarm.

Nidhi’s poem, for my cat nonnie, graces the pages of issue four of the Pocketry Almanack.

02/11/2021

I’m super excited to say that issue four of the Pocketry Almanack is almost here Printing in lockdown is providing its own set of unique challenges but I am preserving to bring you more poetry goodness from emerging and aspiring poets! In the meantime I thought I’d start introducing you to the poets and artists who feature in this issue. https://www.pocketry.com.au/current-issue.html

20/10/2021

Put passion into the poems you enter into competitions. Get more wisdom from Belgian-born poet and scholar Dominique Hecq in episode 15 of Pocketry Presents.

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19/10/2021

The orders for the new Pocketry’s Guide to Getting Published have been coming in thick and fast!

At only $4.95 including postage for Australian orders, it’s a steal for emerging poets keen to get their work considered by literary journals.

Buy now from Pocketry’s online shop. https://www.pocketry.com.au/shop.html

19/10/2021

Dominique Hecq returns to Pocketry Presents to share her experience of entering competitions and winning awards. She talks about writing in French and English, responsibility to the people you're writing about, the liberating effect of time, testing other audiences, the gamble and thrill of entering competitions, judges and the judging process, choosing competitions, feedback and review, rejection, vanity vs validation plus great tips for entering competitions.

Content warning: cancer, death, grief

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17/10/2021

Words of wisdom from Dominique Hecq in episode 14 of Pocketry Presents.

Listen here https://www.pocketry.com.au/podcast.html and in all the usual places.

17/10/2021

Dominique Hecq talks about silence and sunshine, prose vs poetry, the materiality of language, writing through the night, sequences and triptychs, getting stuck, rhythm vs images, sounds and movement, hearing what the poem wants, first drafts and mess, crossing borders of art and language, loss and grief, languages and translation, appropriation, imagination and creativity as well as tips for revising poetry and generating ideas. Dominique's recent collection, Tracks, can be purchased from Recent Work Press www.recentworkpress.com/product/tracks/.

Content Warning: grief, death, SIDs

A Belgian-born poet, fiction writer and scholar, Dominique Hecq lives in Melbourne. She writes across genres and sometimes across tongues. Her works include a novel, three collections of short stories and eleven books of poetry. Kaosmos (2020), Tracks (2020) and Songlines (2021) are her latest poetry offerings. With Eugen Bacon, she also co-authored Speculate (2021), a collection of microlit. Smacked and other Stories of Addiction, a runner-up in the 2021 Carmel Bird Digital Award, is fresh off the press. Among other honours, Dominique is the recipient of The Melbourne Fringe Festival Award for Outstanding Writing and Performance (1998), The New England Review Prize for Poetry (2004), The Martha Richardson Medal for Poetry (2006), the inaugural AALITRA Prize for Literary Translation from Spanish into English (2014). She is also a Pushcart nominee and a recipient of the 2018 International Best Poets Prize administered by the International Poetry Translation and Research Centre in conjunction with the International Academy of Arts and Letters.

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05/10/2021

They make you smart! And reading Pocketry’s very first instant book will teach you everything you need to know about getting your poetry into literary journals.

At only $4.95 including postage for Australian orders, it’s a steal. Head on over to the Pocketry online shop to snaffle your pocket guide to getting published.

05/10/2021

Everything you ever wanted to know about getting your poetry published in a journal and more!

Buy now in the Pocketry online shop. https://www.pocketry.com.au/shop.html

05/10/2021

Pocketry is pleased to announce the launch of its online shop!

Head to https://www.pocketry.com.au/shop.html to check out the wares!

05/10/2021

In this episode, we hear Kevin Brophy read his poem What We Know from the collection, This Is What Gives Us Time. We look at how the poem is structured and learn about the technique of anaphora used in the poem. Kevin's latest book, In This Part of the World, was published by Melbourne Poet's Union in 2020 and can be purchased from Brunswick Bound Bookshop.

Warning: this episode contains mature themes and parental guidance may be required.

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