It's about linking poets and spoken word performers, both with each other and with gigs and events that are happening. It's about getting the word out that poetry and the art of spoken word are thriving in Australia and around the world. It's about the love, all about the love. We are OVERLOAD NATION and we are growing.

**Update** The moderator is having some trouble believing that in October 2012 it will be 10 years since he wrote that blurb. The moderator has been a bit asleep at the wheel the last couple of years. The moderator is back. Yep, Blame Smarty.

Overload Nation is and has been primarily Melbourne based, but we have members from all over the world and we're always super happy to hear what is happening in poetry everywhere on the planet. Yes, even Sydney ; ) Networking, it's not a dirty word.