South Coast Poets Out Loud
Fresh new poetry and writing brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre.
Season 6 features poems from 34-37 Degrees South Poetry Anthology for 2025 on the theme 'Words / No Words'.
Season 5 features poems shortlisted in the 2025 South Coast Writers Centre Awards as well as readings from Temple - the 2024 anthology of writing.
Season 3 features poets from the anthology 34-37 Degrees South - Signs 2024. Season 2 features poets shortlisted for the South Coast Writers Centre Poetry Awards 2024. Season 1 features poets from the anthology - 34-37 Degrees South - Country 2023.
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South Coast Poets Out Loud
Tantrum by Sandra Renew
Sandra Renew reads her poem 'Tantrum'
This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Tantrum by Sandra Renew
at the fault line between flight and freefall
the peak hour rattle of a mandatory train
backgrounds the noise of the city scape
in the heat of morning, needing everyone ready,
time poor, time bound, time critical,
clockwork synchronising essential…
a child
no words for rage
reactive outrage, impulsive running away, winging it
she is so fly she believes control beats gravity
when purpose and intention blur into the same
too late for a parachute,
even running away there’s a cornering
by unleashed, unchecked emotion
a little thing becomes a big thing
and then an overwhelming thing
escape into freefall—
tantrum