Walter Kadiki

Walter Kadiki grew up in Romford, Essex, and began composing deaf poetry at a very young age: “Poetry was a special channel for expressing my innermost feelings without the strain of being misunderstood. My earliest poems were mostly about the frustrations of living in the hearing world, of being misunderstood, underestimated and frowned upon.”

Walter is one of Australia’s leading Deaf poetry performers. He has worked with numerous community groups, and his poetry has been performed in venues across Melbourne and in the UK.