15 Best Australian Poetry Blogs and Websites

1. Australian Poetry

Australian Poetry was founded in 2011. It exists as a national poetry body to interconnect and support a flourishing community of Australian poets, to enhance and promote their poetry, here and internationally, and to reach and engage directly with readers, lovers and potential admirers of Australian poetry, and promoters of it. It acknowledges the critical funding support, organizationally, which it receives from the Australia Council for the Arts and Creative Victoria. Different poets turn to the blog to share their creations.
australianpoetry.org
Facebook Followers 12.9KTwitter Followers 8.5K Frequency 1 post / quarter Domain Authority 37 Get Email Contact

2. Australian Children's Poetry Blog

The blog is dedicated to showcasing contemporary Australian children's poets and their work. It features interviews with the poets, articles, and books. The blog contains poems based on nature, mysteries, different animals, and different seasons that are loved by the children. They are happy to accept information about children's poetry activities and events in Australia and overseas, poetry links, competitions, interviews with poets or publishers, and relevant articles.
australianchildrenspoetry.com.au
Twitter Followers 4.5K Frequency 4 posts / week Domain Authority 25 Get Email Contact

3. Red Room Poetry Blog

Browse through Red Room Poetry blog which is Australia's leading organisation for commissioning, creating, publishing and promoting poetry in meaningful ways. It acknowledges the Elders and Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, sky and languages where they work, live and write. Their aim is to make poetry highly visible, vibrant, relevant and accessible, especially to those who face the greatest barriers to creative opportunities.
redroompoetry.org
Facebook Followers 8.4KTwitter Followers 5.2KInstagram Followers 6.7K Frequency 6 posts / quarter Domain Authority 41 Get Email Contact

4. Kathryn Apel Blog

Kathryn Apel is a children's author and part-time literacy coordinator. She is the author of Fencing with Fear and she has had poetry and short stories published in children's magazines in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Kathryn specializes in poetry workshops for kids and adults - and staff professional development sessions across grades and curriculum area. She shares her poetry on her blog.
katswhiskers.wordpress.com
Twitter Followers 1.7K Frequency 6 posts / year Domain Authority 27 Get Email Contact

5. Australian Poetry Review

The Australian Poetry Review is a blog dedicated to the review and discussion of Australian poetry. It features essays and reviews on a wide range of poems and poets, providing in-depth analysis and critique.
australianpoetryreview.com.au
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6. Australian Women Writers Blog » Poetry

There are a ton of poetry on the site written by different female poets. The website for Australian Women Writers launched in 2012. Its aim is to encourage reviews of novels written by Australian women. It aids in highlighting several writers from the past and present, such as numerous Indigenous authors, writers with disabilities, and Lesbian and Queer women writers. It focuses on authors from the 19th and the early to mid-20th centuries, including those who might not have attained fame during their lifetimes or whose writings have been lost or ignored due to historical gender prejudice.
australianwomenwriters.com
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7. PS Cottier

P.S. Cottier is a poet who occasionally writes prose. She have worked as a lawyer, a university tutor, a union organizer and a tea lady. She wrote on animals in the works of Charles Dickens, at the Australian National University, and also have a law degree from The University of Melbourne. She have judged poetry competitions, too, which probably puts her on a particularly interesting level of Dante's Inferno. She currently edit poetry for The Canberra Times, a newspaper. She shares her writings and experiences through her blog.
pscottier.com
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8. Australian Poetry Hall Of Fame Blog

The Australian Poetry Hall of Fame preserves and celebrates Australian Languages, song-lines, poetry and prose in an archive accessible by all Australians. It nurtures and supports emerging and existing poets of Australia with opportunities to perform, competitions, publishing and education. It provides a regional arts and entertainment hub. Wade through the blog to become an international audience by providing opportunities to develop their art.
australianpoetryhalloffame.com.au
Frequency 2 posts / month Domain Authority 9 Get Email Contact

9. Meanjin » Poetry

Wade through the blog to encapasulate enticing poems. Meanjin was founded in 1940. It is where Australia's literary culture sets out its fiercest ambitions. It has fostered a rich and rigorous national conversation by remaining true to its founding principles: to talk poetry, to work for a healthy climate of opinion and literary activity, and to make clear the connection between art and politics. Each year it publishes new work by hundreds of Australian writers in all genres and forms.
meanjin.com.au
Facebook Followers 14.8KTwitter Followers 25.1K Frequency 19 posts / year Domain Authority 53 Get Email Contact

10. Antithesis Journal » Poetry

Explore through the blog to know about cosmos, self discovery, inspirational, and life changing poems. Antithesis is Australia's long-running graduate journal of contemporary theory, criticism and culture. It is established in 1987, and refereed arts and humanities journal edited by graduate students and published annually with the School of Culture and Communication at The University of Melbourne. The journal is committed to promote new works that fall between the cracks of traditional genres.
antithesisjournal.com.au
Facebook Followers 1.2KTwitter Followers 1.1KInstagram Followers 2K Frequency 6 posts / year Domain Authority 25 Get Email Contact

11. Cath Drake Blog

Cath is an Australian who lives in London. She's an award-winning poet, journalist and communications specialist. She curates inspiring poetry and creative writing workshops and events. She has been a communications specialist for over 20 years: PR, media, copywriting, campaigns. She helps tell the stories at the heart of organizations. Read the latest news about new workshops, courses and published work on the blog.
cathdrake.com
Facebook Followers 142Twitter Followers 605 Frequency 3 posts / year Domain Authority 15 Get Email Contact

12. Australian Bush Poetry Blog

Australian Bush features poems and stories that tell of the heartbreak, humor and hard Yakka that come with living and working in the bush - many of which were written on long days droving sheep and cattle, on the back of a motorbike, or by the fading light in camp hundreds of miles from anywhere. Find interesting and engaging poems written by a variety of poets hailing from different parts of Australia.
australianbushpoetry.com.au
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