On Thursday night I went to my very first live spoken word poetry performance, and man was I blown away! I had no idea Melbourne had a poetry scene that was so alive, and the performances were mind blowing.

     I was also lucky enough to watch performances by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye, founders of Project VOICE, who are currently touring around Australia teaching and performing spoken word poetry. Look them up on YouTube, you will not be disappointed!

     Watching spoken word poetry being performed has completely rejuvenated my love of writing poems, and maybe one day I'll be performing them too.

     Has anyone else attended a live poetry event, or has anyone ever performed in one? I'd love to hear what you thought.