Published 12 May 201718 May 2017 · Events / Poetry / Activities Overland poetry at the Emerging Writers’ Festival Editorial team Tell Me Like You Mean It 7.30pm, Monday 19 June 1000 £ Bend, Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne This event is free What does it mean to be an emerging contemporary poet? Overland’s Deputy Editor and poet Sian Vate will join fellow poets Saaro Umar and Elena Gomez for a night of readings hosted by Australian Poetry at this year’s Emerging Writers’ Festival. Check out the rest of the program Editorial team More by Editorial team › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 5 November 2025 · Poetry Force posture agreement Miroslav Sandev The men of Darwin have all taken their rottweilers / out for a walk at the same time. / For our protection. Like Pine Gap: / all those big white eyes that scan / the darkening horizon. / The eyes stay woke, so that we may sleep. / Or so they say. 1 22 August 202522 August 2025 · Poetry starmight K.A Ren Wyld Ending genocide and apartheid is the story. Palestinian liberation is the story. / Aboriginal rights is the story. Truth, justice, treaties and land back is the story. / Global Indigenous peoples’ solidarity and joy is the story. Kinship is the story.
