Yarra Valley Spoken Word Friday 8th May 2026: Gabby Higgins Mud Brick Poet
Our Fabulous Feature Poet in May is Gabby Higgins aka Mud Brick Poet.
Connection is a recurring theme for Gabrielle Higgins (@mudbrickpoet), a poet, bookbinder and designer, living on Gadigal Country in Sydney and off grid on Wurundjeri Country in the Yarra Valley.
Her poetry publications include Cordite, Contemporary Australian Feminist Poetry, Paper Wasp, Whiptail, Rochford Street Review, Plumwood Mountain, Australian Haiku Anthology 2024 and Kokako.
Recent work includes combining gel print images with haiku and creating hopeful poems in the pages of a rescued war novel. She enthusiastically encourages people to engage with their creativity, as a way of being in and responding to the world around them.
Welcome to our Yarra Valley Spoken Word Community.
The original custodians of the Yarra Valley were the Wurundjeri people. Their wisdom travelled through time in songs, art, stories, mentorship and dance. We acknowledge this land’s indigenous ancestors and elders, oral historians of the dream-time. This poetry gathering sits on the shoulders of countless generations of wisdom keepers and spoken word story tellers.
We meet at The Dreaming Space Dome at Yarra Valley ECOSS, Wesburn on the second Friday of the month and welcome you to join us and share your musings.
Ours is a space to share the power of the spoken word, be inspired by our community of artists and learn to write and share life’s depths through this life changing art form.
Families are welcome until after supper, we have a feature artist each month and then Open Mic.
Spoken Word is an inclusive project.
Entry and Supper is by donation, we never turn people away!
Suggested Donation:
$15 Full / $10 Concession
$5 Supper, $5 Chai
Program
6pm – Doors open/Music/chat/settle
6.30 – Poetry workshop & open mic
7.00 – Supper
7.30 – Feature poet (12yrs+)
8.00 – Open mic
9.00 – Chai & Chat
We request punctuality, and silent, respectful listening during performances.
For more information call Andy: 0415 734 744 or Chris: 0414 306 772
or search Yarra Valley Spoken Word on Facebook.
