As my time in beautiful Parrsboro comes to a close, I’ll give a brief wrap-up. In addition to the poetry events mentioned in my last post, I had a wonderful workshop morning with a group of local writers. I already knew that Canada produces some exceptional writers; now I know that a lot of them […]
The Poet Laureate amongst us
What do you call a collection of poets? Are we a Bunch? A Rumble? It could be a League, but that gives a notion of prior connection. A Roundup? A Gathering, perhaps. In ancient Rome, we might have been a Circle, given that there were philosophers and historians co-mingling. Someone suggested a ‘hoard of beatniks’. […]
Paper Women
I have been silent for too long My soft tresses pulled taut in a bun of compliance complicit? These are the opening lines from my poem ‘Hashtag’ which won the Blue Knot Foundation Award in the Hunter Valley Grieve Project in 2018. The poem came to mind again when I read about Amanda Firenze’s outstanding project Paper […]
Chesil Beach
Look at moi! Standing – in my usual awkward pose – “on Chesil Beach”. Ian McEwan is my Literary crush so, unsurprisingly, a tear or ten escaped soon after this pic was snapped. I was similarly moved years ago when I discovered I had followed in McEwan’s footsteps when visiting Bruny Island in Tasmania. I […]