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Geoffrey Aitken

@8cakey.bsky.social
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An awarded, widely published, South Australian poet and retired educator who writes on unceded Kaurna land. His debut industrial signature styled Chapbook ‘i want that in writing’, (Ginninderra Press 2020) was generated from his ‘open mic’ spoken poetry.

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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Stuck in my mind for decades - a hallway, in my aunt's home, looking towards the front door - 'the paper holds their folded faces to the floor, And every day the paper boy brings more' - speaks to me over and over of nothing arriving yet we wait and we wait.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yep, 'Don't Stand So Close...' cracked open my awareness as a mature-aged neophyte in my early days teaching
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
this Issue is well worth a read. Tight. See 'my curio' a small contribution from me. Thanks Trini & Nikki [Editors].
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you Dr. Darren Carlaw editor of StepAway Magazine who included my poem 'backstreet mornings' just this evening downunder time. 💓Read his editorial ✔️ stepawaymagazine.com
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@jimusic.bsky.social it would be 'let it roll' first album post lowell george's passing. song same title.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
JJ Cale 'Naturally' soak up the vibe.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
'deadlines and commitments, what to leave in and what to leave out; against the wind, i'm runnin against the wind, older now - still running - against the wind'. something like that
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Bloody briliant 💓
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Probably John Hiatt at consecutive Blues Festivals
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
@pamthepoet.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social the irony of sanity
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
@alanparrywriter.co.uk because I haven't engaged for awhile. I trust you are well.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
My choice as well. 👍
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Share - do the business - every little contribution eh.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
🎶🙏
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Singling out is never good. I particularly liked Lee Fraser's 'Everybody Knows What Mum Needs' and in the short fiction, 'Trust me, Honey', by Angela Joynes. Now spank me and send me to my room.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Aussie mate [almost next of kin] would find my choice unpalatable but I'm going with Floyd. Man this mob changed the way I looked at everything. Forever. Broken glass and crawling on stomachs comes to mind.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Genesis, within my reach, unlikely, saw Mccartney and Wings here in about that time and got lost in 'the magic' that began that night. Awesome show. So, that's me. Go for it.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Underbelly Press is now 'live' with Issue 7 and once more it is packed with stand out writing. Pick your way through it [slowly]. I dare ya. Me; I'm on pps 81-82 'repair work is expensive' [a little yesterday, today]. Enjoy yourselves. 🎶 underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/issue-s...
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Issue Seven | Underbelly Press
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Maybe America should guarantee the mid-terms and also full term - surely no one is taking a vote for change as a certainty. That's not how Donald Trump has been operating guys and gals. And if you lose are you all gonna wait some more? Major, major issues. 😱
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Can't help. No cash until payday. 🙏
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
16 contributors - that is tight! 💓
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Satd'y morning downunder with a heavy cold says what great news on a bleak winter's day. Thanks to Lucy and her editorial team for this news. 🎶 Always exceptionally curated - cannot wait for Issue Seven. 😍
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm choosing The Guess Who and 'these eyes' because their music arrived at a time when the flood was truly underway and I still listen to 'Road Food' quite regularly but their sound was a game breaker, mixing up ballads and rocky numbers, so yeah, that's my choice. Ta.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Me after a full day at work.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
@bts-adams.bsky.social @pamthepoet.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social check out Trampset - current call. So too Griffith Review and for something different Streetcake Magazine. 🎶
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Stretching it a bit. 2 hours! Whoa.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Chuck to those old enough to remember that one night of the week. 💓
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
superbly crafted. 🎶
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Maybe @pamthepoet.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social you'd like this.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Probably gotta go with column B. Tough choices.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
It's Richard and yeah, I'll suck face; Golden. 🎶
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Brutal. 🎶
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I can't imagine you'd be interested but I'd consider adding a couple to my bungalow. Hmm? 💡😏
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I'm pullin' myself through a junkyard.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The good guys hear you.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I'd double 'em. 😏
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Mobs - i might be categorised if i did though
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
@pamthepoet.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social Information sharing. Open calls now for Locative Zine; Meniscus; Temz Review and Volta. Have a look. 🙏
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
@bts-adams.bsky.social @pamthepoet.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social Get to it. Just found it on Chill Subs. Til May 31st. yolk.submittable.com/submit
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yolk Submission Manager
We are currently accepting submissions for our digital publication.Annual Submission Windows:Spring Print: January 5th–⁠January 31st Digital: February 1st–⁠May 31stThe Montreal Fiction Prize: June 1st...
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
@bts-adams.bsky.social @pamthepoet.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @inkyshaine.bsky.social FYI, and you may already know, ISLAND has a current call until June 19th - AUS and NZ only for other viewer/readers.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
@alrti002.bsky.social no posts - what do I follow? 🤔
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Not the only one.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Get on board poets. Former New Poet [me].
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
@pamthepoet.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social further to last Thursday evening, for our Ellipsis friends. exclamationmarklit.com/submit-to/
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Submit to ! - Exclamation Mark Literary Journal
! is a literary magazine for words that jolt. We publish prose and poetry that makes readers stop, gasp, laugh, or — possibly — have a heart attack. What ! Is
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
@pamthepoet.bsky.social have a look at The Sprawl Mag [Canadian] - pays $20CAN for accepted pieces. Asks but does not limit submissions to 'speculative writing'. You must have something. Wink wink, nudge nudge. 😏
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The music's getting louder. 🎶
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
@bts-adams.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @inkyshaine.bsky.social Hey, don't let this poem from Pam get past you.
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Get this fine little poem into you, people followers. Pam is not only talented, she befriends people like me. 🤪
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Shout out to Meniscus and the editorial team for selecting and posting my poem 'Not A Watersprite' last night, here in Australia. www.meniscus.org.au/current-issue 💓
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Current Issue
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Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Sharing news that Meniscus Issue 14.1 has my poem 'Not A Watersprite' on page 6. Follow the link and then the prompts for a moment to yourself. The seasons are not in play. 🙏🎶 www.meniscus.org.au/current-issue My thanks to the editorial team and congratulations to all contributors.
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Current Issue
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