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29° sunny today is a collection of poetry written in Byron Bay, Australia where the sun defines the lifestyle; Dardy reflects the illusive paradise with irony, sarcasm and melancholy under the banner of humour. Through wild parties and sad hangovers, humorous moments, boredom as well as the superficiality of beauty, one may see the sun seeping, the exact sun the author metaphorically avoids - and to which he, finally and ironically, dedicates the entire collection. Take a trip with Leonardo Dardy - a trip he most likely wouldn't join you on as he'd prefer to stay home - to explore the intriguing life of his authentic poetry.

Poetry on the walls. Needles in the gutters. Preachers on the corners. Protesters on the roads. People begging on the streets. This is 21st century Melbourne. Johnny Lock - young and fragile, purposeless and paranoid - meets Jay Khan, a wanderer who writes letters to strangers while trapped in Melbourne during the pandemic. Thus begins Johnny's metamorphosis. He brands himself a 'street poet' and begins roaming the city in search of stories, finding inspiration in the strangers and places Jay teaches him to notice. Johnny's world grows larger as he learns to heed the forgotten stories, entangling his own in the tales of the streets. Over a tumultuous eighteen-month period, he confronts his own delusions, exposes universally existential truths, and unveils the secrets of the city. The result is a dystopian rendering of modern Australian life from the eyes of a paranoid poet: the author's literary alter ego.This collection archives the transcriptions of Johnny's wanderings as a street poet. His recorded observations and encounters are preserved in typewritten diary entries, street-inspired poetry and various other media forms. From drunken train rides and anti-vax protests to eavesdropped conversations and interactions with strangers, this is Johnny's Melbourne: a city flashing between hot and cold, welcoming and discordant. Romanticism and disillusionment are seamlessly braided into a raw, honest story about a young man navigating a turbulent world.