ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Another terrific issue of the TAT Poetry magazine.
The magazine's reader base must have expanded enormously now.

Worldwide interest... also giving overseas poets some useful educational exposure to our wonderful Australian Bush Poetry. Ballads.

Also it is a pleasure to see Noel Stallard's writing!!... he is certainly Firin' on the Eight as John O'Brien would say (and actually DID say in "The Parish of St Mel's"). Love Noel's writing.

Well done for another bumper year Maureen and Thank You so much for your hard work in putting it all together again. Every two weeks without fail!

Thank you for all that you have done this year in promoting bush poetry in general and for bush poets individually too..

Thank you Gary - I appreciate your appreciation Our reader base has certainly expanded - not sure of the latest figures but very proud of having poet from Nigeria, from Ketchikan in Alaska and one from The Kindgdom of Bhutan on my books there's a lot of water between those places.

Thank you Maureen for a great magazine.
I for one am appreciative of the diverse content given space therein.

I thoroughly enjoy every word.

Thank you Wendy - I am delighted to hear that

To all of the poets and friends who have supported us this year - thank you, and a Merry Christmas to each and every one of you. This is our Christmas issue of the Mag and we have one more to put out before the end of 2016 - so 26 issues in total for the year ....and I couldn't have done it without your help. Your generosity in sharing poems, photographs, personal interviews and insights has been greatly appreciated. Myself and my team - Loretta, Ben, Joyleen and Shalimar and the TAT group extends seasons greetings to you all. Have a safe and joyful Christmas and where ever you are and whatever you do - see the joy and poetry that is before your eyes every day.

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Maureen - thank you so much for accepting our poems throughout another successful year of the TAT magazine!

It is great exposure for us and our craft. Here's to many more TAT mags!!

Cheers
Shelley

Here it is - our final issue of TAT POETRY - The Australia Times Poetry Magazine for 2016 - we shared 26 issues with our readers, poets and friends this year and I hope you love this one. I am very proud of this particular front cover - read the mag and you will see why Wishing each and every one of you a Happy New Year and a bright and prosperous 2017 - I know I am looking forward to sharing more poetry with you all over the next 12 months God willing. Keep those submissions coming - between us we can make poetry happen. https://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magaz ... issue/426/

We have work from 4 of our younger poets in this issue along with an interesting interview with Dot Church - Dot is a poet who lives on Magnetic Island , a suburb of Townsville in far north Queensland. Michael Crowley's poem collective gives an interesting and informative look on the days of first settlement here in Australia and our gorgeous front cover is a photo taken by Leonie Parker of the iconic Glasshouse Mountains on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. The Mountains were named by Captain James Cook in 1770.
Lots of enjoyable reading to while away an hour or so - so relax, kick off your shoes and enjoy.

https://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magaz ... issue/501/

The latest issue now on line for your reading pleasure - I am currently taking submissions for March and April issues of the mag - show me what you've got...https://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magaz ... issue/502/

Lots of good reading in the latest issue of The Australia Times Poetry Magazine .....Brenda Joy shares a very sad personal experience with her poem That's How it Is, and my own poem A ring around the Moon - also touches on the loss of a loved one. The circle of life continues on as it has done, and will continue to do so long after we are gone.

Wendy Seddon's poem Love Electronically is right up there. Who ever thought that bush Poets only wrote about cows, and sheep and things in the outback, really has it all wrong, - a modern day Bush Poet writes about anything and everything and especially things that impact on their daily lives just as Lawson and Paterson did in their era. Banjo Paterson wrote about trams - they were a modern invention back then .

We have a completely new segment in the magazine that we hope to bring you on a semi regular basis. This is being written for us by Gary Harding who is himself an accomplished poet. This segment will be showcasing early Australian Poetry - some of which you will never have read because it has never really received any coverage.

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https://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magaz ... issue/503/…