Recording My Poetry

I recently ‘rolled up’ at a book club in a Cairns Book Cafe - which is a great innovation in this town. I put one of my books on the table. I know it’s good because it only has pieces in it that have been piublished around the world, by online and print journals. Someone picked it up and read ‘Playing Around’, a half page story written between radiation treatments when in Townsville - at the writers club there. People were so impressed I was invited back in September to actually read myself - sort of like a gig. I read ‘Powerlines’ - written specifically for and published by Short and Twisted anthology. I got lots of praise and applause - so now i want to let you know - copies are available at the bookshop in Earlville Shopping Centre - Angus & Robertson. Please check out the rest of my website!

What happened next was the Red Room Company came to Cairns on a ship and poets went down to the wharves to perform, be interviewed on Radio National and take part in a documentary. It was a fantastic day. i was asked to say a few words about the sea because i spend a lot of time sailing. I was told when I opened my mouth and spoke it was like poetry itself. Hmm… GREAT guys - thanks. Five poets came along. Kerry, Ashwin, Dennis Andrews, Diane Andrews, Dave Delaney and Michael Morris. We all put our poems into a duffle bag which went on a ship to Thursday Island to meet the West Coast Duffle Bag and a good time was had by all - no doubt. I loved the fact that Kerry wrote her poem around the brim of an old salty hat. My favorite moment was when Michael came - late because he had just driven in from the outback as he was pining for the sea, was sitting at Palm Cove writing a poem then heard about it on the radio - got in his car, not knowing where to go and read his fresh verse. Here he is - click on the video - ‘The Documentary’.

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