Tag: Australian poetry

• September 30, 2012

  They came in their thousands (Week 12: 23-29 September)

  Or maybe just a couple of handfuls. The poetry reading made for an enjoyable afternoon at The Bean Barn out of the wind and rain. As usual on AFL grand final day, the streets were deserted and I got a park right out the front of the cafe. A rock star park, some would say.…
• September 25, 2012

  Poetry reading this Saturday

  This is it. The final fling of my poetry residency. The last hoorah. My last day as Poet in Residence (note capital letters) at The Bean Barn is Saturday 29 September 2012 and to celebrate, I invite you to come along for a poetry reading from 3pm to 5pm. It won’t be just any reading.…
• September 18, 2012

  The end is nigh

  Ironic isn’t it? Just as I’m closing in on reporting the residency antics with this blog as they happen instead of a million weeks behind, the end of the residency zooms up to meet me. Things don’t last for ever. Especially the good things. It’s all supposed to be over by October because another brood…
• August 20, 2012

  Week 4: 22-28 July

  How’s this: you wouldn’t think when it’s so easy to ‘just google it’ that I would mistake Roald Dahl for an Australian. Clearly this is an example of that phenomenon where, if you like them enough, well, they must be Australian. Just like the Queen is. I never said I was an expert on poetry.…