desperate love poems - not  by Michele Morgan (A$10).

Michele is a writer, composer and performer. She has been compared with everyone from Joan Armatrading to Cathy Berberian. She finds that these comparisons don't help anyone to understand what she does till they hear her for themselves.

This Cut-Glass Moment by Chelate Compound (A$25).

Chelate Compound are Michele Morgan - voice. Steve Elphick - bass. Simon Barker - drums. Music as fascinating to hear as it is difficult to categorise: melody, harmony and rhythm, strange noises, tall stories, and long winding lyrics. Theirs is an eclectic inner-city ensemble combining jazz, folk, funk, junk, world and weird influences. Tuned to the poetry of the streets, with ears wide to the opened out and other places, Chelate Compound takes the listener on strange small journeys of the interior planet.

"... a trio full of subtlety, power and dark rhythmic currents." John Clare, Sydney Morning Herald.

The Ocean in the Kitchen by Gina Mercer (A$15.00).

"This luscious collection claims female experience for intimate and playful poetry, bursting with the fragrance and sensuality of the tropics." Inez Baranay

Blinkers Off by Jean Frances (A$10).

The heartfelt poems of a wife and mother, who migrated to Australia to see the world with new eyes.

The Trowel of Kindness by Luke Whitby (A$15.00).

One of Australia's most innovative and interesting spoken word poets.

A Day in the Life of Telford Q Massey by Matthew Beer ($15).

Spend a strange day with the unpleasant and unappealing Mr Telford Q Massey as he makes a buck in the big, rotten city. A funny, fast and smart story that suprises and sometimes infuriates with it's refusal to cooperate with your expectations.

An extract: "Telford's parents had both died in an earthquake when he was young. They were stunt pilots and were flying under the Bay Straddle Bridge when it fell down on them. At the funeral Telford had been argued over to such an extent that wreaths were thrown in anger. First he was sent to live with his Aunt Elly, but she soon found herself to be too busy. From then on Telford had been looked after by his two aunts, Maude and Pearl, two performers who thought that they were twins."

Everything Must Go by Philip Norton (A$22).

a book and CD of poems, published by Zaresky Press.

Everything Must Go is a book and audio CD set uniting page and performance poetry, creating a single work which uniquely satisfies both the eye and the ear.

"As many people as possible should read, maybe even buy this book. A poet that leads us elsewhere, rather than reminding us of where we grew up or what our mother used to do, is special, and one that we can understand is doubly so. With the inclusion of the CD, you can hear some of his best performance work." - REVOLVER Magazine.

'Beautiful'. - Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Barbeque Bill and the Roadkill Cafe by Tug Dumbly (A$15.00). An epic ode to meat.

Tug Dumbly, one of Australia's foremost spoken word poets, tells a racing tale of an Aussie town spurred to action by flesh.