“It will happen. … maybe you’re just not listening to the poetry right.” In this spoken word poem, the speaker conveys experiences of her sexuality being dismissed; wrapped up in the metaphor of “don’t worry the poem will get good“.

The performance can act as an introduction to discussions surrounding LGBTQ+ rights, identity, sexuality, stereotypes, peer pressure and more. Author Nikki Viveca is the winner of the Midsumma Festival Queer Poetry Slam and Trans Poetry Slam in 2019.

Poetry · Australia · 2019