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25.01.2022 From Mick Martin

25.01.2022 WRITTEN BUSH POETRY COMPETITIONS Anne Murray, the organiser of the Cervantes Art Festival Bush Poetry has advised that entries are beginning to trickle in for this written competition. To access entry details to Cervantes, which closes on October 1st and to other written competitions closing in October -- Ipswich 3rd, The Silver Quill WA 8th and FAW Lambing Flat 15th, go to http://www.abpa.org.au/events.html

24.01.2022 Congratulations Brenda-Joy Pritchard

24.01.2022 BLACK DOG & ONE-EYED PRESS is currently seeking submissions of up to five poems. We anticipate the 2021 print publication of a book of paintings along with poems which speak to or in some way reflect upon the state of the world in 2020 and the ways in which we, as individuals and as societies, have responded, and/or how we might imagine going forward. The paintings will be selected from a series which artist and educator Bill Liebeskind began a few weeks into the Covid lockdo...wn in NYC. Each painting shows someone in a mask. To view the paintings, please visit Liebeskind’s Instagram feed: Bill Liebeskind, or his Covid blog here https://billliebeskind.medium.com/91-divoc-1cb1020197de All styles of poetry are welcome. Please read the guidelines below. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & INFORMATION Deadline: Submissions must be received by 31 December, 2020. Where: Send to [email protected] and include the words masked submission in the subject of your email. Bio: Include a very brief bio. 75 words or less. Format: Send your submission as a single PAGES or WORD file. If formatting is important, please also include a PDF.

21.01.2022 From Maureen on Remembrance Day

20.01.2022 HOLLIER, Sam (at age 10). Our Poetry Kid's Album for November 2020

19.01.2022 OUR POETY KIDS album, young poet for September, 2021 -- BELLE RAE (2021 at age 11) from Charters Towers, North Queensland.

18.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS Tom McIlveen, Overall WA Silver Quill winner click here for Results https://www.dropbox.com//Copy%20of%20Silver%20Quill%20Resu

18.01.2022 From Mcilveen Tom Results of Ipswich Poetry Feast

17.01.2022 Results of the 2020 'Nandewar' Written Bush Poetry Competition, Narrabri NSW Congratulations to Heather Knight, Robyn Sykes and Mcilveen Tom Highly Commended - 'Where Angels Tread' Tom McIlveen... 'Freddie K' Tom McIlveen Dear Old Mum Robyn Sykes 3rd Place Our Fairy Dance Tom McIlveen 2nd Place From Waltze to Rock and Roll Robyn Sykes 1st Place The Poppies Dance Heather Knight

15.01.2022 CERVANTES BUSH POETRY COMPETITION closing date 2nd October 2021. Entry details and form for this written competition are on the ABPA website in Events www.abpa.org.au/events.html However, if you are having difficulty due to it being part of the Cervantes Art Festival submissions, you may submit your poems direct as word doc attachments to the co-ordinator of the Bush Poetry, Anne Murray --... [email protected] with payment of $10 per entry via Direct Deposit to Bendigo Bank BSB 633 000 Account 135 857 894 Reference: Surname, initial of first name OR Make cheques payable to: Cervantes Cultural Committee Inc.

14.01.2022 A question from Judith Trimboli I have a few lines of an old poem stuck in my head and can't seemed to find the poem. the lines are "Nobs from Potts Point and St. Kilda will joke about matilda and tell you ain't it nicer in the train. but they have friends and they have money and they think it's kind of funny to be tramping to Wilcannia in the rain. ". I wonder if any of your members may know it. thank you.

14.01.2022 From Rhymin' Simon Campbell. folks, just to let youze-all know I 'aint dead yet. Things are a bit tough and I'm on Oxygen nose prongs these days, but I remain buoyant...... I would love some phone calls to break the tedium- delirium. (02) 4368 2202. Keyboards, typing and spectacles are a pain in the bum, by gum. Chiz Si +

13.01.2022 WINNERS OF THE TOOLANGI CJ DENNIS WRITTEN POETRY COMPETITION 2020 Category 1: Open Poetry Shelley Hansen, First Prize, My Singing Garden Brenda Joy, Second Prize, In a Mangrove World... David Campbell, Third Prize, The Lesson We Must Learn Brenda Joy, Highly Commended, Deluge of The Plains And for the young writers -- Category 4: Primary School Students Taesha Korsten, First Prize, Seasons Shria,Shah,Second Prize, Flames of The Forest Eleni Quinn Chapman, Third Prize, CJ Dennis in the 21st Century Chloe Lee, Highly Commended, The First Human Nelson Whippy, Highly Commended, First Love Category 5: Secondary School Students Natalie Barr, First Prize, Brush Strokes Natalie Barr, Second Prize, Letter for The Earth Tessa Quinlan, Third Prize, Black Rain Falling Congratulations to @Shelley Hansen who also won the Open Short Story and the Poems Written by Adults for for Children sections of this year's competition (see below). A great achievement. Category 2: Open Short Story Shelley Hansen, First Prize, No Flies on The Sentimental Bloke Gwen Pascoe, Second Prize, The Jogger Bill Bean, Third Prize, There Was Once Category 3: Poems Written by Adults for Children Shelley Hansen, First Prize, School at Home Brenda Joy, Second Prize, Hanging Out Caz Goodwin, Third Prize, Feeling Sick Susan Hancy, Highly Commended, Possum Problems Kevin Pye, Highly Commended, Just Imagine

11.01.2022 7pm tonight a concert from Chloe & Jason Roweth

10.01.2022 Congratulations to Caroline Tuohey, a NSW poet and children's author. This one of her books featured by Fergie on her YouTube channel. The channel's a good resource for parents and grandparents wanting to amuse and educate littlies.

08.01.2022 OUR YOUNG WRITER FOR NOVEMBER 2020 is -- SAM HOLLIER from Silkstone, Queensland. Bio. by Sam: "Hello my name is Sam. This year I started home schooling. I live with my mum, dad and two sisters. My younger sister Sarah, my mum and myself all entered the Ipswich Poetry Feast and I won 2nd prize in my aged category (8-10 years). ... My hobbies are: skateboarding, playing the trumpet, making things, reading, working out how things work, catching up with friends, Brazilian ju-jitsu and many more. Two of my greatest ambitions are: to make something to help fix one of the world's greatest problems, and secondly to meet Bear Grylls, who is one of my heroes." Sam's poem 'Tricked' and his photo and short bio, were published on page 25 of the July issue of the Free XpresSion literary magazine. This magazine now comes as an online flipbook and the link to the July 2020 issue is -- https://fliphtml5.com/leqjf/vlcx Free Xpression website - www.freexpression.com.au He was also featured in the August edition of the on-line magazine eMuse http://online.flipbuilder.com/hkzk/uhlr/ available free each month from Wally Finch on page 19 in Little E Muse. Well done Sam and we hope to see more of your humorous poetry in the near future. Brenda-Joy Pritchard

07.01.2022 Congratulations John Hayes. Overall Performance winner at WA State Championships at Toodjay Click here for full list https://www.dropbox.com//WA%202020%20Performance%20Comp.%2

07.01.2022 You can watch Geoffrey W Graham's tribute any time

05.01.2022 From John Best... Update re Dean Trevaskis It is with much sadness that we learnt of the passing of our great friend and wonderful poet Dean Trevaskis, in the early hours of last Friday 13th August . Our thoughts and condolences are with Suzette Molly and Jimmy and all of Dean's many... relatives and mates. Stay strong and safe through these times of grief. All our love Glenny and John Contact email post Suzette Kelson 15 Palmer Avenue Ocean Shores NSW 2483. Google Dean Trevaskis Fundraiser or email [email protected] RIP Dean See more

04.01.2022 http://www.therhymerfromryde.com for a review of The Man from Snowy River Festival hit the Newsletter tab

03.01.2022 From Caroline Tuohey

01.01.2022 YOUNG ABPA POET OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER 2021 Belle Rae from Charters Towers, North Queensland My name is Belle Rae and I’m eleven years old. I was born in Charters Towers, Queensland and when I was younger I moved out west to a station and then I came back here. I like to ride my horse, play with the dogs and spend time with my family. I do horse sports, I help teach MMA. I am going to start doing dancing and then some weekends we take my brother Noah to footy. Someti...mes I play with my two brothers Noah and Carter. When she is not busy with all the above activities, Belle also sings and recites poetry at the local caravan park for visitors who come to Charters Towers. Belle goes into ‘Our Poetry Kids’ album as September’s young poet. Her poem 'Life On the Farm' was published in the August/September issue of the ABPA Magazine and will go into the October issue of the Free XpresSion literary magazine. Belle goes into the ABPA Album 'Our Poetry Kids' for this month's young poet.https://www.facebook.com/media/set/ Congratulations Belle, keep up the good work. Brenda-Joy Pritchard Krystle Carrington #visitcharterstowers #getoutbacktocharterstowers #onlyinChartersTowers #outbackincharterstowers #unearthoursecrets #dalrympletouristvanpark

01.01.2022 If anyone knows the whereabouts of Jill Perren, this is a message that came through on ABPA messenger from Christine Rayward "Good afternoon, wondering how am l able to get in touch with Jill Perren please. I’m a. Volunteer at a local op shop here in Morayfield, Queensland. We have 2 medallions that were won by Jill Perren in 2015. Just wondered if she would like them returned to her. Thank you, please confirm. Christine Rayward"

01.01.2022 BOOK LAUNCHED -- GABRIEL'S CHILD by Brenda-Joy Pritchard Gabriel’s Child is a 500 page book about the life of our son Anthony Jude Pritchard. Read more... Gabriel's Child is a story of courage, faith, love and spiritual development told through the diverse trials and triumphs of Anthony's time on earth. As such, it is a ‘time capsule’ of life in Australia in the 1970’s/1980’s before the accelerated developments and the advent of the communication revolution of th...e early twenty-first century. It portrays aspects of that era through travelling and through city, island and country living and it brings to life a wide range of human, health, sociological and family experiences and pertinent issues. Anthony’s heart-rending trials included being orphaned from birth (Hal and I adopted him when he was 10) and suffering from Cystic Fibrosis. Of the genetically transmitted diseases, Cystic Fibrosis is the leading cause of physical disability and death in children. Any sufferer of Cystic Fibrosis faces a lifelong battle. Anthony’s triumphs demonstrate how through his rich inner life, his contact with his spiritual guide and his near-death experiences he was imbued with the strength of character and unconquerable spirit that enabled him to overcome adversity and to be an example and inspiration to all who knew him. Gabriel’s Child is a testament to the power of the human spirit and to the wonders of the creative force that underlies all life. .......................................................................................................................................................... GABRIEL'S CHILD is available through HALENDA as a printed book for $25 including postage. HOWEVER, if you would like to have a PDF file of the entire book sent FREE to your inbox please email me at (not on messenger) and this will be done. #booklaunch #universityofqueenslandpress, #coochiemudloisland #australiangoldgemandtreasure, #cysticfibrosis, #cysticfibrosisassociation #australianbookreview, #smallpressnetwork, #rchschool #charterstowerslibrary #victoriapointlibrary Townsville Bush Poetry Mates Inc See more