This week Perth Poetry Club welcomes poet and midwife GEOFF FOX, fresh from Melbourne's SPOKENHAGEN Sustainability Slam.

Geoff will do one set of his own words and one set introducing and linking poems of birthing and motherhood written and performed by local poets Coral Carter, Deanne Leber, Janet Jackson and Maureen Sexton.

Plus open mike. 2-4pm at The Moon, 323 William Street, Northbridge. Everyone welcome -- come and listen.

Geoff describes himself thus:

'Geoff Fox is a performance poet and convenor of the Melbourne Believer Slam. He works as a midwife and loves the idea of spiritual midwifery, but finds spirituality easier to practice in poetry than in hospitals.

KAITLYN WEST is a beautiful young poet with a beautiful old spirit. As well as boys (see below) she writes about her family and about her experiences in different landscapes. Enjoy her lyrical, listenable words at The Moon on Saturday 13 March. Plus 3-minute open mic spots (just turn up and ask to be on the list). 2-4pm. 323 William Street, Northbridge.

Kaitlyn West (aka Kaitlyn Plyley) started writing poetry when she was about five, and for the next ten years most of her poems were about puppies, dolphins, or boys. Now, at 23, she’s still writing about boys, but she uses bigger words. Her poetry has been published in dotdotdash and AustralianReader.com. She also edits UWA’s Pelican magazine and tries to avoid ‘real work’. Check out her new blog: http://kaitlynwest.blogspot.com

On 6 March Perth Poetry Club, on behalf of the strange sad child in us all, is very excited (very, very, very excited) to present the unique, the disturbing, the moving, the beautifully tatty, the terrifying... Tomás Ford!

Plus 3-minute open mike spots (1-2 poems), poets sublime and ridiculous, and more atmosphere than any place called The Moon ought to have. 2-4pm. 323 William Street, Northbridge.

Tomás Ford is probably best known in Perth poetry circles as the anarchic MC of monthly spoken word event Cottonmouth (http://www.cottonmouth.org.au - currently on hiatus). Outside of that, he spends most of his time working on his strange disco music and singing and dancing his way through fun, confrontational solo performances that see him play all over the country, recently lapping the nation on his Bash Myself Pity Party tour, following tours earlier this year with the Big Day Out and as special guest of rock band Birds Of Tokyo on their sold out April tour.

His current solo act has evolved from beginnings in spoken word, with his Cabaret Of Death forming a regular part of The Furphy Project monthly event in 2005 and touring to fringe festivals around the country. He quietly continues to write and perform spoken material, appearing sporadically at events around the country and festivals including Melbourne’s Overload Poetry Festival and This Is Not Art in Newcastle. His poetry is predominantly free verse, exploring portraits of paranoia in suburban Australia and sometimes crossing over with his musical practice to include dissections of the audience/performer relationship. For this show he will be performing several current works in progress along with some of his greatest spoken word hits.

We never know what might happen at Perth Poetry Club, but we can tell you that on 27 February we feature local poet and children's writer Meg McKinlay, an entertaining reader of accessible poems. Come and listen. Plus open mike, professional sound, 'op-shop decor' (to quote the West Australian), interesting company, and food and drink of various strengths. 2-4pm at The Moon, 323 William Street, Northbridge.

Meg McKinlay wrote her first ever poem about ten years ago in the departure lounge at Perth Airport and was stunned when someone told her they would like to publish it. Since then, she has published work in journals such as Westerly, Blue Dog, Famous Reporter and LiNQ. Her first collection, Cleanskin, was published by The Westerly Centre in 2007 as part of DCA's A Few New Words program. www.megmckinlay.com

This week's main feature is a beautiful reader of beautiful poems... Mags Webster. Plus bonus interstate guest Nicolette Stasko and open mike (be early to get on the list). 2-4pm at The Moon, 323 William Street, Northbridge.

'Singing holds the colour of the air'...Mags Webster.

MAGS WEBSTER was born in the south west of England and grew up in Derbyshire. She came to Australia in 2003. Mags has been writing poetry and short stories for about a decade, and has had some work published, including three poems in the anthology of emerging writers The Weighing of the Heart (Sunline Press, Perth 2007). A member of the Out of the Asylum Writers’ group since 2003, Mags won prizes in OOTA’s Spilt Ink short story competitions (2005 and 2008) and in last year’s poetry competition. She continues to ‘emerge’ and is currently working towards a collection of poetry.

Plus bonus interstate poet NICOLETTE STASKO (NSW). Nicolette's fifth (yes, fifth) collection of poetry 'Glass Cathedrals' was published in 2006 by SALT.