Nillumbik Ekphrasis Poetry Award 2015
Last month a poem I wrote for the Nillumbik Shire Council ekphrastic poetry award was judged ‘highly commended’. I wrote a poem, How to paint a sigh, in response to … Continue reading
Poetry Performances at Ballarat Bergonia Festival.
Ballarat Writers has once again teamed up with Federation Uni to create a wonderful ekphrastic poetry event. This time the Ballarat Council and Writers Victoria have also joined the group … Continue reading
Writing and Loss
Melville Caves – A favourite camping place with my grandparents Over these last few months I have experienced the death of two people who were close to me. In the … Continue reading
Finding God?
If you stare at a religious artefact long enough can it convert you? Yes, I am seriously asking that question. It’s not the type of question I’d usually ponder, being … Continue reading
Art Monthly Magazine
If you are a reader of Art Monthly Magazine look out for my poem. It’s the poem I wrote for the Capturing Flora exhibition at the Ballarat Art Gallery, described by editor … Continue reading
Kate Jennings – Trouble
Kate Jennings’s first poetry collection, Come To Me My Melancholy Baby, was published in 1975. I picked it up 22 years later in an antique shop in Bright, Victoria. I … Continue reading
