“She said a rude word!” exclaimed the eight-year-old boy. He continued to repeat this phrase every time the rude words appeared, to the delight of both the audience and the poet. Be warned: some dark and dangerous things can happen in poetry.
Pushing my own barrow here, I am chuffed to announce that Ross Gillett
will launch Watch, my new poetry collection, at Radius Arts, 76 Main Road,
Hepburn Springs on Saturday, May 6, from 3pm-5pm.
THIS is the second in The Local's series of primary students tackling the topic My Dream and secondary students on The Stranger for the Words in Winter festival.
THIS is the second in The Local's series of primary students tackling the topic My Dream and secondary students on The Stranger for the Words in Winter festival.
The waving line between shore and sea
dissolves footprints like friendship and time
The way ahead is dark and uncertain
A lighthouse on the cliff illumines the black sea
where white birds hover as heralds.
Bill Wootton lives and writes poetry in Hepburn Springs and is endlessly appreciative of the sterling work of local CFA and other fire management groups.
Poems for Local Lines come predominantly from a group of poets. However, other locals who would like a poem considered for publication can contact Bill Wootton - cottlesbreedge@gmail.com
Tom Perfect had a seriously privileged upbringing within a household of love and love for learning, for the arts, sport, and surviving, where people were always visiting.