Thank you to all of our poets who have contributed to this segment over the past twelve months and I do hope it has given some inspiration when perhaps it has been lacking. I know Leonie did alright out of it, with her entry into the Ipswich Poetry Feast.
So lets see what you can make out of these prompts – as always use one or use them all the choice is entirely up to you. Isn’t it a wonderful thing to have choices and the freedom to make them ? So many people in the world do not have that simple luxury, but we do and we live in the lucky country even though it has its share of adversities over time – we as Australians rise and go forth proudly into our future but perhaps we poets also do that with a great measure of respect for our history, which is a grand history.
Perhaps what we write about today will be the history of tomorrow – so make it good, make it right and tell the story with flair and gusto – for you are all the wordsmiths of the modern world. Be proud.
So here are the prompts with a picture as well for inspiration
season of storms
thirteen steps down
the last warrior
storm rider
warrigal calling
sushi, tsunamis and soothsayers