Live Encounters Poetry & Writing July 2026
Crescendo, poems by André Stefan.
Crescendo
After Gregory Orr
Rise and fall—
two tides
of the same sea.
To come of age
in this vastness
of time and space.
Noosa Sounds Sijo
Closing the loop before dawn Like the pelican downstream
I gulp; the time that has flown, no river. Today my heart
Pools in prayer—wades into the wake of memories. How blessed.
Waiting Season
A poem toils
away for years
before it ripens
on the vine.
Why, then, are we
so eager
for the Spring?
© André Stefan
André Stefan is an Australian poet, living and writing on Kabi Kabi country. He has worked under the mentorship of distinguished Australian poet and essayist, Mark Tredinnick. Long-listed for the Red Room Poetry Fellowship in 2025, his work has been published in Oystercatcher Anthology’s I & II, by 5 Islands Press. His work strives to capture portraits of moments, past and present. Reflections on the real. He seeks to find the truest lines for what is wanting to be said. Working on his debut collection, “The Ghost Of Ships,” he hopes to release it to print in 2027.