Owlet Nightjar poem included as part of Red Room's Phone-a-Poem

Pick up the landline handset and dial a number to hear a poem. Harnessing the magic of the Wonderfoon (made in Nederlands), each number on the rotary phone unlocks a unique poem read by the poet. Phone-a-Poem riffs on John Giorno’s iconic 1969 artwork, ‘Dial-a-Poem’, featuring work by contemporary Australian poets.

Created and led by Red Room Poetry Creative Producer Izzy Roberts-Orr, Phone-a-Poem invites audiences to pause, pick up a handset and enter the space of the poem. An interactive and tactile experience designed to extend our audio archive from the digital realm into public space, Phone-a-Poem encourages audiences of all ages to engage with poetry.

This project is proudly supported by Regional Arts Victoria through the Regional Arts Fund Project Grants.

Phone-a-Poem at Melbourne Writers' Festival

From 8-11 May, Phone-a-Poem invites people of all ages to engage with poetry in a tactile and interactive experience as part of the Melbourne Writers' Festival. Look for three handsets around Festival venues and take a moment to escape into the world of words.

You can read the poems by clicking on the images. Or here

To read Owlet Nightjar click the image above. Or here