Susan Sleepwriter writes
micropoetry on Twitter and reads at spoken word and poetry events around
Sydney. She also writes short stories
and long poems.
Susan’s micropoems offer
succinct commentaries on love, pain, identity, nature and the universe. Some to
bite into, others to roll on the tongue. Many will resonate and linger long
afterwards.
Some of Susan’s micropoems, longer
poems, flash fiction, monologues and reviews can be found on this blog - a sand-pit of
sorts. Her best work does not play here. It sleeps in her bottom drawer or is yet to
be created.
Read
Irreverent Crow, a collection of Susan's micropoems is now available. Order Irreverent Crow here.
Susan's poem Off-Centre, about Sydney’s Oxford Street, was published in 2013 on The Red Room Company’s app, The Disappearing.
Irreverent Crow, a collection of Susan's micropoems is now available. Order Irreverent Crow here.
Susan's poem Off-Centre, about Sydney’s Oxford Street, was published in 2013 on The Red Room Company’s app, The Disappearing.
Her micropoem Stasis was
published in 2014 in Interactive Press’ anthology of speculative poetry, The Stars Like Sand.
After the party was published by Meuse press in a collection of poems about Sydney's rivers in an online Guide to Sydney Rivers - poetry in disguise. [Page 57]
Our Distracted Hands, a short fiction-poetry fusion, can be found in the wonderful 25th anniversary anthology of Live Poets at Don Bank - Can I tell you a Secret? - published by Ginninderra Press. [Page 326]
Watch, listen
After the party was published by Meuse press in a collection of poems about Sydney's rivers in an online Guide to Sydney Rivers - poetry in disguise. [Page 57]
Our Distracted Hands, a short fiction-poetry fusion, can be found in the wonderful 25th anniversary anthology of Live Poets at Don Bank - Can I tell you a Secret? - published by Ginninderra Press. [Page 326]
Watch, listen
Watch Susan read her micropoems at Sydney’s regular spoken word event, WordinHand.
Video
courtesy of Anthony J Langford
Listen to Jessica Revill interview Susan on The Write Stuff for Radio Skid Row (Feb, 2015).
Susan reads micropoems on the theme 'not normal' at Caravan Slam in January 2015.
Tipping her hat (if she had one) in thanks, to:
- Jack Peck and Sydney’s most enduring regular poetry/spoken word event: WordinHand
- Poet, author, video-maker: Anthony J Langford
- Photographer extraordinaire: Natasha Mulhall
- Spine-tingling poet, storyteller and performance artist: Candy Royalle
- Visual artist, performance poet, poetry friend: Lou Steer
I love Susan's work. What a talent. A unique voice amongst the modern 'trend' of the 'spoken word rap'. Goes to prove that art can be concise and still poignant and powerful. Big things coming.
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