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This month's poem was chosen by last month's winner, Graham Sherwood. Graham says, "When I first read it I instantly saw that (in my opinion) it was the best piece of work that she has ever written on here."
Find out more about Isobel and her work at http://www.writeoutloud.net/poets/isobel

Upon the Quality of Love

Romeo Romeo - where for art thou Romeo?
Speak now, that I should hear your voice, rejoice
that deafened ear should hear you call my name…
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These are 6 audio poems with musical backing picked at random from those sent to us.

If you have an audio poem with musical backing, in MP3 format only, then please send one only to jukebox@writeoutloud.net, please include the poem's title. Submissions will then be considered for inclusion in next month's jukebox. Audio tracks without musical backing will be ignored....

I thought it might be helpful if we take a look at working with other people, as the dynamic of working as an ensemble or in a cast is very different to working alone.
Many of the techniques employed in the theatre on the production of a show are exactly the same as those needed if you are directing a group of poets, or even just one. Exactly how your cast functions will depend very much on how many of you are involved, why you’re working together and who is leading, or directing, the pro...

This simple lyric has a very sad theme. It is the kind of poem that would go well in a greeting card. If you really wanted to depress someone.
The form is simple rhyming couplets if you count the last two lines as one (it is a kind of Whitmanesque lengthened line). I won’t say enjoy, but try to complete the poem, and then weep a little tear for all those left behind. Happy September!

Gravity
Long have I known and ----- you, friend
And known our -------- will someday end
With one lef...

It has been said the poetry scene in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, is the second largest in the world, as measured per capita. There were, at last count, four weekly readings, two fortnightly, 18 monthly and three bi-monthly, which is fabulous for a city with a population around 3.7 million, though possibly to be expected for the capital of a state that buys more newspapers, magazines and books than any other state or territory in Australia.
Some of these venues are long-standing. The Spinni...

Sympathetic Sybil is Write Out Loud's own Agony Aunt, send your problem to sybil@writeoutloud.net

Dear Dame Sybil,
I’ve been writing and performing poetry for a couple of years now but am becoming increasingly concerned that I simply don’t know how good my poetry is.
People tell me they like some of my offerings though I often find that they are praising work that I don’t consider very good, yet the poems I put my heart and soul into get no feedback at all.
So dea...

Wafts is a Beachcomber type column where you can expect the unexpected......

How many shows do you have to take to Edinburgh before you can describe yourself as a ‘Fringe veteran’? If the answer is ten, then Project Adorno, the poetry/music ensemble I’m half of, could just about qualify. True, we’ve only done seven Fringes together, but my partner, Praveen Manghani, has clocked up another one with an earlier incarnation of the group, whilst I’ve done two more as Rachel Pantechnicon. So there you are: Fringe veterans and still nobody’s...