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Mandy Beaumont

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About Me

Poet. Spoken Word Performer. Writer. Artist. Mandy Beaumont is Brisbane based and has been published widely in books, journals and newspapers and has published lots of zines. Her first book was "The Regular Correspondence of a Love Affair With Words" (launched to rave reviews at the 2004 Queensland Poetry Festival.) In 2005 she launched her 2nd book to the one who comes at dawn again at the Queensland Poetry Festival (written with Graham Nunn).In 2006 Mandy released her third book "APERTURE". Her poetry has been described as 'gritty and beautiful', 'romantic and beat inspired', and 'often on the edge'. Mandy was the first poet to be awarded a mentorship as part of the Arts Queensland Youth Arts Mentoring Program, was the first poet selected for the Australia Councils "Write in your Face" program as part of Vibewire and was shortlisted for the NSW Writers Centre/Wild and Wooley 2005 Best Australian Poetry Book. In 2006 she recieved Highly Commended for her poem "War Poem" in the VAL VALLIS AWARD FOR POETRY. She performs her work all around Australia and manages, and is the editor for, numerous festivals, events, books and projects. More notibly Mandy manages the Poetry After Dark Extravaganza at the ZOO Nightclub in Brisbane, that has featured Chris Bailey (The Saints) Dave Graney and Clare Moore, Burlesque girls, Jimmy Styles and the Easy Company, 8 Ball Aitken, The Red Paintings, Alicia Sometimes, Sean Whelan, Amelia Walker, Brides Of Frank, Dusty Spangles, Zine Fair, DJNOMC, Live Performance Art, Poetry Buckets, Visual Art, Country Hoedown Girls, DJ Wolvie Trash and much much more. Mandy was also one of the managers of the Queensland Poetry Festival from 2005 till 2007 and does work for the Brisbane Writers Festival. Check out www.mandybeaumont.com and www.poetryafterdark.comUPCOMING PROJECTS INCLUDE:Film Directed by Jane Clarkson, "Heather", due for release 2007New collection "Many a broken hearted woman" due for release 2007Tour of Canada and USA in 2008 with Sean M Whelan and the Mime SetClick here for Myspace glitter graphics and Myspace layouts

My Interests

Drinking good wine in beautiful dim lit rooms with good lipstick on and a fine coat. Listening to some fine jazz, talking bout things that are and things that could be. Holdin' on to everything the moments got to give you.

I'd like to meet:

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Johnny Cash, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jeff Buckley, Anthony Bourdain, Janis Joplin, Charles Bukowski, Jim Morrison, Salvador Dali, Coltrane, Michael Dransfield, Morrisey, Belushi, John Lennon standing in my kitchen half naked, Nick Cave, Jesus Rodriquez, Mathew Barney, Marquis De Sade, Dylan Moran, Robert De Niro (suited up and ready for drinking wine with me), Frank Sinatra (in his prime), Peter Sellers (damm yes), Spike Milligan, Tex Perkins, William Shatner, Nina Simone but most of all - people who live with passion and intent, people who adore words and want it all.

Music:

Coltrane, Jeff Buckley, Fat Freddy's Drop, Bob Dylan, Elton John, The Cure, Marilyn Manson,Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrey, Jim Morrison, Mutiny, Ella Fitzgerald, Jesus Rodriquez, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Paul Kelly, Jurrasic 5, The Cure, The Pixies, PJ Harvey, The Smiths, TIm Rogers and the Twin Set, Oasis, William Shatner and Gil Scott Herron's spoken word, Lennon, George Clinton, The Beatles, Nick Cave, Tex Perkins, The Stones, Roy Orbison, Radio Head, NIN, Tim Rogers, John and Yoko.... and so so many more

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Movies:

Secretary,Shopgirl,Rocky Horror Picture Show,Crash (james spader one) Better than Sex, Casino,Clockwork Orange, Heavenly Creatures, Almost Famous, Fight Club, Rear window, The way we where, Giant, The Doors, Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, White Palace, Taxi Driver(anything with Deniro actually), The Shining.

Television:

River Cottage, Extra's, Black Books, Deadwood,The Wonder Years.

Books:

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Mockingbird wish me luck - Bukowski, Anything by the Buk, specially Women and Post OFfice, Drug Poems - Micheal Dransfield, 1984 - George Orwell, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - David Eggars, American Psyhco - Brett Easton Ellis. To kill and mockinbird - Harper Lee, Lord of the Flies, Farenheit 451, A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess, And the Ass Saw the Angel - Nick Cave, Illuminations - Rimbaud, Surrealist Love Poems, All Oscar Wilde, All Hunter S, most of the Beats, The Last Poets, ohh you know anything that makes me go ahhhhh

My Blog

Kurilpa Poets gig - 25th November

I'll be the feature poet at Kuripla Poets this month, at Ahimsa House in West End. I hear its a pretty big gig. So if you want to come down and buy me a red wine and listen to me bash out some dirty a...
Posted by Mandy Beaumont on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:18:00 PST

Poem on the Brisbane City Cat Ferries.

For the week of the 17th December, one of my poems will be displayed for the whole week on all of the Brisbane City Council City Cat Ferries, that take you all to work and the city etc. It is estimate...
Posted by Mandy Beaumont on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:01:00 PST

She reminded me of heartbreak (with cinnamon and sour lemon)

  Wrapped in strings of battle scar marks and smoked up whiskey love she breathes, steal the night away verse under a mouthful expanse of chilli red fairy lights Men with candle dimmed wine ...
Posted by Mandy Beaumont on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:00:00 PST

She plays as beautiful

Before battle she brushes her hair/a hundred strokes and sour breath/unfolds a vintage blue teal dressfrom lady beetle tissuethrows two dice on a leather place matlooking for a set of sixesScents of...
Posted by Mandy Beaumont on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:46:00 PST

poem

She hides silver implements in wardrobe drawers that make lines of release down an abdomen full of her lovers sapphire blue guilt     (Poem taken from the new book 'APERTURE' - www.mandyb...
Posted by Mandy Beaumont on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:11:00 PST

poem

It's finding the smell in this  fabric that you crawled over when coming down. All pale skinned and opium tipped. It's the fine lines in my skin that  would run with you. Hands in the da...
Posted by Mandy Beaumont on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:07:00 PST

poem

I've got country songs in my dashboard sway I've got the long road riding up my thighs that winds with a full gin breath to a place that once killed a man....
Posted by Mandy Beaumont on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:51:00 PST

Poem

Bad poets want to be all of Bukowski Fucking the living daylights out of the young girl across the way Drinking till they vomit up all the pain of being misunderstood Poetic and tragic. Ploughing thro...
Posted by Mandy Beaumont on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:00:00 PST

new poem

          Drinking makes your heart ache more than it should... A young mans heart drops to the floor slowly spills out a pink love all over his kitchen ...
Posted by Mandy Beaumont on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:20:00 PST

POEM

He has found beauty.. Two red canisters in her mottled hands list the ingredients for a night to be filled with adoration glass beads hanging between full breasts /milky kisses left on&nb...
Posted by Mandy Beaumont on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:58:00 PST