Yirga is a writer, researcher and poet from Lalibela, Ethiopia. He currently lives in Whadjuk Noongar Boodja (Perth, Western Australia), where he is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University.

His Amharic poetry was published in a solo collection, የተራሮች ጩኸት (The Cry of Mountains), and has been performed widely on stage and radio in Ethiopia. His English short stories and translated poems have been published in anthologies and journals, including Westerly, Unlimited Futures (Fremantle Press) and Ways of Being Here (Centre for Stories and Margaret River Press).

Yirga is also one of the inaugural recipients of the Emerging Poetes Residency, which is currently open for applications! Here he is reading his poem 'ኪዳን / Covenant'. Read the full poem here:

https://redroompoetry.org/poets/yirga-gelaw-woldeyes/covenant/

Poetry Month (1–31 August) is an initiative presented by Red Room Poetry to increase the profile of Australian poetry in all of its forms. Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, public figures, and spoken word artists. https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/

Yirga is a writer, researcher and poet from Lalibela, Ethiopia. He currently lives in Whadjuk Noongar Boodja (Perth, Western Australia), where he is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University.
His Amharic poetry was published in a solo collection, የተራሮች ጩኸት (The Cry of Mountains), and has been performed widely on stage and radio in Ethiopia. His English short stories and translated poems have been published in anthologies and journals, including <a href="https://westerlymag.com.au/">Westerly</a>, <a href="https://fremantlepress.com.au/books/unlimited-futures-speculative-visionary-blakblack-fiction/">Unlimited Futures</a> (Fremantle Press) and <a href="https://www.academia.edu/33340987/Ways_of_Being_Here">Ways of Being Here</a> (Centre for Stories and Margaret River Press).
Yirga is also one of the inaugural recipients of the <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/projects/emerging-poets-residency/">Emerging Poetes Residency</a>, which is currently open for applications! Here he is reading his poem 'ኪዳን / Covenant'. Read the full poem here:<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/yirga-gelaw-woldeyes/covenant/"></a>
<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/yirga-gelaw-woldeyes/covenant/">https://redroompoetry.org/poets/yirga-gelaw-woldeyes/covenant/</a>
Poetry Month (1–31 August) is an initiative presented by Red Room Poetry to increase the profile of Australian poetry in all of its forms. Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, public figures, and spoken word artists. <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/">https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/</a>

If a poem was a room you could walk into, whose voices might you hear?

Red Room Poetry, Australia's leading organisation for commissioning, creating, publishing and promoting poetry in meaningful ways, grew from a community radio show focused on the voices of Australian poets. Now celebrating our 20th year, we’re exploring our audio archives - including commissioned poems from the first two years of the national Poetry Month and beyond.

We’ll be sharing daily 30in30 poetry commissions and writing prompts across August, plus a special series hosted by our Red Room producers including ‘Language, Place, and Sonic Forms’, with Nicole Smede, ‘Write a poem, plant a tree’ with Lorin Reid, ‘Poetic Lifelines’ with David Stavanger and ‘A Line in the Sand’ celebrating the publication of our 20 year anthology’ with Izzy Roberts-Orr.

Tune in to hear from poets, authors, spoken word artists, musicians, playwrights and more. Check out the full poetry month program online at redroompoetry.org/poetry-month

Line Break, a new podcast from Red Room Poetry, brought to you as part of Poetry Month in August, and presented in partnership with the Community Radio Network.

If a poem was a room you could walk into, whose voices might you hear?
Red Room Poetry, Australia's leading organisation for commissioning, creating, publishing and promoting poetry in meaningful ways, grew from a community radio show focused on the voices of Australian poets. Now celebrating our 20th year, we’re exploring our audio archives - including commissioned poems from the first two years of the national Poetry Month and beyond.
We’ll be sharing daily 30in30 poetry commissions and writing prompts across August, plus a special series hosted by our Red Room producers including ‘Language, Place, and Sonic Forms’, with Nicole Smede, ‘Write a poem, plant a tree’ with Lorin Reid, ‘Poetic Lifelines’ with David Stavanger and ‘A Line in the Sand’ celebrating the publication of our 20 year anthology’ with Izzy Roberts-Orr.
Tune in to hear from poets, authors, spoken word artists, musicians, playwrights and more. Check out the full poetry month program online at <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/">redroompoetry.org/poetry-month</a>
Line Break, a new podcast from Red Room Poetry, brought to you as part of Poetry Month in August, and presented in partnership with the Community Radio Network.

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