Australian Poetry Slam 2025 – SA Heat 5 – Jive – Last chance!!

Thursday 11 September 2025
6:30pm – 9:00pm

Jive
181 Hindley Street, Adelaide, SA 5000

$15 for audience and competitors via TryBooking or at the door
$15. Click here to book at TryBooking.

Who will become our next Australian Poetry Slam Champion as audiences vote in events around the country? The prize? They tour Australasia sharing their creative thoughts and inspiring people everywhere to speak their own poetry.

Poets: share an original poem for two minutes on the mic.

Audience: listen, cheer, vote with scorecards in this national celebration of spoken word.

There is a maximum of 20 poets per heat, so make sure to get there on time: sign-up begins at 6:30pm and closes at 7:00pm. Poems must be two minutes or under, no props, no costumes, just you and the power of your words. Click here for the full rules.

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Guest performer: MAHA

MAHA, the daughter of immigrants, is a burgeoning writer and artist who lives and works on the unceded lands of the Kaurna people. She explores themes of displacement, isolation and joy. Driven to seek community in sharing her inner most thoughts, MAHA was first drawn to the transcendental nature of spoken word through her older brother and later, her year 12 English teacher. She has performed in Victoria and had her work published on media platform, the BlindianProject. Her drink of choice: tea. An item of clothing she can’t live without: turtlenecks. You can find her on Instagram @altmaha_ and Facebook @altmahaartist