Spoken Word: Episode 19: Waffle Iron Girl (Es Foong) Live on Spoken Word

1 Jul 2023

Spoken Word: Episode 19: Waffle Iron Girl (Es Foong) Live on Spoken Word

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Spoken Word: Episode 19: Waffle Iron Girl (Es Foong) Live on Spoken Word

This week on Spoken Word, we are joined by the incredible poet, Waffle Iron Girl.

Es Foong (Waffle Irongirl) is a poet, flash fictionista and spoken word performer living on the land of the Wurundjeri people. Their poems have appeared in Australian Poetry Journal, Rabbit Poetry, Kalliope X and the Best of Australian Poems 2022 anthology. They have performed on poetry stages including La Mama Poetica and Queensland Poetry Festival 2022. On-stage, they are the poetic analogue of heavy-metal karaoke. Off-stage, they eat identity labels for breakfast.

Their debut poetry collection “Clot and Marrow” will be released from Recent Work Press in September 2023. They live online at waffleirongirl.com.

Publication History:

“Elephant” and “Gasping”, in Kalliope X, Issue 3, Spring 2022.

“Clot & Marrow”, shortlisted in Liquid Amber Press 2022 Poetry Prize, upcoming from Liquid Amber Press, 2023.

“Double Knot”, longlisted in Liquid Amber Press 2022 Poetry Prize, upcoming from Liquid Amber Press, 2023.

“The Last Time my Therapist Smashed Everything I Know into Ruins” in “Admissions: Voices within Mental Health”, published by Upswell Publishing, Oct 2022.

“My Voice through Your Ears” in “Borderless: A transnational anthology of feminist poetry”, published by Recent Work Press, July 2021.

“Pregnancy and the Bikini Wax” in “What We Carry: Poetry on childbearing”, published by Recent Work Press, May 2021.

“Scar Tissue” in Rabbit, no 33, Asia, 2021; (p. 16-17).

“Women’s Histories” in “No News: 90 Poets Reflect on a Unique BBC

Newscast”, published by Recent Work Press, April 2020.

“Back to You” in Verity La.
“The Frog Apocalypse” highly commended in 2019 Open Section, Woorilla Poetry Prize.
“Serviettes” in Australian Poetry Anthology Vol 7 2019.
“Double Sinks” in Australian Poetry Journal vol 8.2 2018, ‘spoken (p. 40-41).
“Don’t Ask” in Cold Mountain Review Fall 2018, or listen to it here.
Also appears in Australian Poetry Anthology 2020; (p. 88-89).