Poetry In Action

25/08/2026

🌟 Exciting news! Our incredible Poetry in Action Ambassador is hitting the stage at TWO events this weekend!

If you're in Melbourne, don’t miss your chance to hear from !

👉 https://wordsinwinter.com/news-media/unlocking-voices-meet-the-guest-storytellers-for-the-cicada-story-slam

👉 https://events.humanitix.com/don-t-box-me-in-the-literary-polymath

25/08/2026

Every two weeks, Poetry In Action joins Eleanor Godley on 2SER for our Poetry 101 series, a chance to talk about poetry not simply as something we read, but something we hear, perform and feel.

Below is a link to hear our Artistic Director, Bryce Youngman, critique poems written by the 2SER team. One of my favourite moments is hearing Bryce re-read the work in performance mode, demonstrating just how much rhythm, emphasis and delivery can change the way a poem lands.

Listen on demand

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And now, we’d love to hear yours.

Share a poem below, and Bryce will respond to it. It can be polished, unfinished, funny, deeply personal, strange or something you've quietly had sitting in a notebook for years.

If you'd prefer not to share publicly, send it to me privately via DM.
As we enter this last week of winter, perhaps it's a good time to open up a little expression.

Shed a few leaves. Put something into words. And bloom. 🌱

And tune in to 2SER at 10:15am this Friday to hear Thuy On take up the Poetry 101 microphone and explore another poetry topic with Eleanor.

Poetry belongs to everyone. We'd love to read yours.

14/08/2026

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Read a recent card we received: this school booked a second show this year because the students loved it so much

24/07/2026

Team Raven's road trip has range 🐦🚐

168km to Darwin via Batchelor, 131km via Berry Springs — either way, we take the scenic route (and yes, we stopped for a swim at Wangi Falls, purely for research purposes 💦).

Three Poetry in Action tour legends bringing spoken word to Litchfield Timber High and every stop along the B30. Sand-written proof that Team Raven was here, sunset selfies included, and not a single kilometre wasted; every km logged is another young person inspired to write, speak and feel through poetry and many seeing live theatre for the first time.

That's the job: three actors, one van, a whole lot of highway, and a national tour that doesn't stop for anything except waterfalls.

Darwin, oh Darwin, we travelled quite a heap,
Team Raven's left their mark from the Nut Track to your street. 🖤

06/07/2026

Happy NAIDOC week! During NAIDOC 2026, we reflect on the Poetry In Action First Nations program and working with our friend, advisor and Indigenous Teaching Artist, Neville Williams Boney, for students at Papunya. This work is based on Warnayarra, the Rainbow Snake.

20 years, and the story continues



Find out more about this program or support more opportunities like this:

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A video by Poetry in Action's Indigenous Teaching Artist, Neville Williams Boney, for students at Papunya based on Warnayarra the Rainbow Snake

27/06/2026

Poetry in Action reporting for duty:

flowers, flair, dramatic poses and just enough chaos to bring poetry to life. 🐦‍⬛🎭

Behind every school show is a team ready to jump between characters, poems, punchlines and big ideas — all before the bell rings.

Poetry? Performed.

Drama? Delivered.

Props? Absolutely necessary.

25/06/2026

Team Raven tour update:

poetry performed, stages conquered, snacks secured. 🐦‍⬛🥐

Between school shows, road trips, theatre seats, riverside views and very important bakery stops, Team Raven has been busy bringing words to life wherever the tour takes them.

Thanks to every school and student who welcomed us along the way. Same team, same chaos, same mission: making poetry feel alive.

25/06/2026

During a recent Poetry in Action performance at Banksia Park International High School in South Australia, relief teacher Dominic Cavallaro was inspired to write a poem while watching the show.

Afterwards, he approached the cast and asked if one of our actors would read it aloud.

So they did.

Moments like this remind us why live performance matters. Poetry is not just something to study — it is something that can spark a response in real time. A line, a feeling, a thought, a voice suddenly finding its way onto the page.

Thank you, Dominic, for sharing your words with us.

Poem by Dominic Cavallaro, written during the performance.

20/06/2026

Thank you to Get Sydney for spotlighting Poetry in Action’s next chapter.

After 20 years of bringing poetry to life in schools, we’re stepping onto the public stage with Rhyme Battle Royale at the State Library of NSW these July school holidays.

This special performance opens the energy, play and power of live poetry to families, young people and the wider public — because poetry isn’t just something we study. It’s something we live.

📍 State Library of NSW
📅 7 July
🎟 Tickets available now

Read the Get Sydney article: https://getsydney.com.au/after-20-years-in-schools-poetry-in-action-takes-public-stage-at-state-library-of-nsw/

Book tickets: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/rhyme-battle-royale