Robyn Sykes Poet
Performance poet, writer and farmer
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Robyn’s recent career highlights – poetry
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Cinderella Paddocks audio
The Farmers’ Strike – audio
Spaghettification – audio
Old Bill’s Regret – audio
Lovely Lies – audio
A Feather in a Locket
For Sale
Lovely Lies
Old Bill’s Regret
Rebuilding the Rock
To Learn to Choose
The Farmers’ Strike
Two families who never met
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Poetry in Motion: Margaret Rhodes’ prize winning photo of Robyn Sykes in action at the Harden Gold Trails Festival.
Robyn brings out the inner actors in her audience at Kiama Probus, January 2017.
What great fun Boyup Brook CMF 2017 was!
Robyn works out to keep fit for her poetry!
Robyn with Banjo Paterson, as he stands today in Pioneer Park in Binalong, the village where he attended Primary School.
In the news from an early age!
Time to relax between sessions at The Man From Snowy Festival, Corryong, 2017. April 1 (after lunch so no more danger of being ‘Fooled’.
Robyn at home on the farm.
A box of cherries formed part of the prize at the Young Cherry Festival Poetry Competition. Yum!
The finale of When Elvis Came Back from the Dead. Poem by John Peel. At Corryong and The Man from Snowy River Festival, 2014.
Bundanoon Winterfest 2014
Robyn and fellow poet Noel Bull ham it up at Tamworth in January at The Rhymer’s Roundup.
Robyn reciting The Fire at Ross’s Farm, with the poet, Henry Lawson, looking on. Painted by Yvette Gilroy.
Champions at Corryong 2013: Rod Williams and Robyn Sykes
The Rhymer’s Roundup team at Tamworth 2015: Gregory North, John Peel, Rhonda Tallnash, Brenda Joy, Graeme Johnson, Noel Bull, Robyn Sykes.
Binalong poetry lovers get into the Banjo Paterson mood.
Back: Frank Daniel, Canowindra; Derrick Mason Boorowa (Judge); Ted Webber, Young; Sue Pearce, Tumut; Robyn Sykes, Binalong (Chief Poetry Steward and MC) Seated: Leigh Brown, Yass (Judge) Sally Williams, Canberra; Rob Gorman, Yass.
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The Farmers' Strike, written and performed by Robyn Sykes.
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Thank you to Southern Tablelands Arts for this Stories from the Studio clip.