Nigel Ford

Nigel Ford

Nigel Ford is an active social and political commentator on social media who discovered a passion for poetry at age 50. He has been the Regional Rep for Friendly Street Poets since 2013 and Convenor since 2017. He founded the Poetry On The Fleurieu monthly readings and the annual Goolwa Poetry Cup. Nigel has won several poetry slams, including the 2015 Darwin Poetry Cup & the 2012 Australian Poetry Festival Slam, has featured at poetry events in SA, NT, Vic & Qld, been published in anthologies in SA, NT & Qld and has judged and edited competitions and anthologies, including Friendly Street Poets latest Anthology No 44.
Nigel became involved in the “This Breath Is Not Ours To Keep” project, because the theme of Supremacy inspires the anarchist in him and remaining silent is not something that sits comfortably in his soul.