May Sydney Poetry Lounge - Mark Roberts & John-Robert Grogan w/ OPEN MIC

Welcome back to the May 2025 chapter of the Sydney Poetry Lounge, featuring poetry from Mark Roberts, John-Robert Grogan and our incredible open mic! Join us upstairs at The Glebe Hotel for a night filled with powerful spoken word performances and heartfelt poetry.$10 entry, $5 concession, tickets available on the door or via Humanitix.15 x 2-minute open mic slots available, sign-up at the door from 6:30pm.

Mark Roberts

For much of the last four decades, Mark Roberts has been involved in writing, criticism and publishing. In 1982, he established P76 magazine with Adam Aitken and has been involved in small press publishing ever since. In 2011 he set up the on-line journal Rochford Street Review with his wife, Linda Adair, which has recently published its 41st issue; the Review is one of the leading (and long-lasting) independent (that is non-funded) cultural journals in the world. Mark's work has been widely published in journal and magazines both in Australia and internationally. He has also published three collections - The Office of Literary Endeavours (5 Islands Press 2025) is Mark’s third book, after Stepping out of Line (Rochford Street Press 1986) and Concrete Flamingos, (Island Press 2016).

John-Robert Grogan

John Robert Grogan (aka: JR) is an Irish-Australian poet based in Sydney, Australia.
His childhood in Ireland and wanderings since, spawned a love and curiosity for the connectivity of the natural world and the human condition.
He has poems published in a number of anthologies and online at: The Madrigal, Blue Bottle Journal, Live Encounters Magazine and From Whispers to Roars literary magazine.
He is one quarter of the SPL team & sometimes known as ‘the voice of reason’.
Find on Instagram: @jr_grogan