Geoff's Poetry at Smiths: Shoshanna Rockman + Isi Unikowski

Entry $10 / $5. No open mic

For August, Geoff Page’s monthly poetry series at Smiths will feature two poets, one from Melbourne and one from Canberra.

Shoshanna Rockman’s work is edgy, raw and humourful. A feminist humanist slant. A scientific twist. A steely desire to brave wolves and ride dragons bareback. National and international awards trail. In the wake. Of her words. She is the proud mother of five children (whom she feeds a strict diet of letters) and benefactress to a(n orange) rescue dingo-dog. Other traits/roles include editor, copywriter, English tutor, jazz fan, fashionista (of sorts), performance poetry curator, beach comber—and vivid dreamer.

Isi Unikowski has been widely published in Australia and overseas, including Best of Australian Poems 2022. His two collections are Kintsugi (2022) and Re:Vision (2025), both of which are published by Puncher & Wattman. There's a good review of Re:Vision in the April 2025 edition of Australian Poetry Review.

You may also like the following events from That Poetry Thing That Is On At Smith's Every Monday:

• Next Monday, 21st July, 09:00 am, That Poetry Thing: Kai Jensen + Deborah Dawkings in Canberra
• Next Sunday, 27th July, 09:00 pm, That Poetry Thing: Big Open Mic! in Canberra

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