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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 MAD Poetry
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'We are full of worlds that can't be contained by a pill. MAD Poetry is an initiative that originated in the Illawarra, evolving in 2019 into workshop pilots in Port Kembla and Wollongong supported by the Mental Health Commission of NSW. 2020 sees MAD Poetry find a home at Red Room Poetry coordinated by David Stavanger.

'The key focus is on creating a safe writing space for emerging voices with a lived/living experience of mental health issues to express how they see the world, where these poets can define themselves through their creativity not their diagnosis, and explore by pen and page their experience of illness, institutions, recovery, self-care, and beyond.'

Source: Red Room Company.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Darlinghurst, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:The Red Room Company , 2020 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Better Out Than Ini"I feel gagged sometimes censored of the words I wish to speak", Christine Anu , single work poetry
Crieri"When I cry,", Mohammad Awad , single work poetry
The Z–A of Crazyi"Zonk the over-zealous zeal of your zany zoomorphic zoom", Alise Blayney , single work poetry
Role Modelsi"Somebody tell us bout the way we living,", Kobie Dee , single work poetry
From Bed to the Cat Bowli"Through my bedroom window", Bridget Dougherty , single work poetry
Ghost Songi"Thought is a cancer of time: the heavens die in their", Jonathan Dunk , single work poetry
Dissociate Is Toi"Dissociate", Helena Fox , single work poetry
Standing in the Burnti"In the burnt-out skeleton of a house, talk of smoke, noise, blown to the ground by wind in", Linda Godfrey , single work poetry
From the Book of Puns and Other Altered Sentencesi"the blue chair is algorithmic and we who are not apostrophes", Tim Heffernan , single work poetry
Comic Sansi"This is your form", Holly Isemonger , single work poetry
Descenti"A peep of psychiatrists administer a shadow casting out a swarm of depression", Caitlin Kozman , single work poetry
Lovei"creativity of plus measures,", Lotovale Junior Nanai , single work poetry
Lonelinessi"you don't have to go through this alone,", Lotovale Junior Nanai , single work poetry
Depressioni"the voice of the demon inside your noggin,", Lotovale Junior Nanai , single work poetry
Dog's Barkingi"the crush..", Lotovale Junior Nanai , single work poetry
My Toy Soldiersi"the mind that's vindictive of pain pressure and violence..", Lotovale Junior Nanai , single work poetry
The Stairway to Heaveni"the mind..", Lotovale Junior Nanai , single work poetry
The Monsteri"When I was born, I lived with a monster,", Jess Peters , single work poetry
Thread Bare or Bare Threadsi"A fashion style to reflect my identity", Dianne Ridgeway , single work poetry
Permission to Forgeti"You have permission to forget", Lillian Rodrigues-Pang , single work poetry
Last amended 25 Mar 2021 15:09:10
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