ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Hi! Neil

You being editor of magazine I assumed you would be the one to ask a search question.

Approximately 10 years ago i bought a printout (and have since misplaced in moving), a poem at Tenterfield Information Centre written by John Bird
He was there that year and he recited a poem I think was called “My Pony” about the lighthorsemen having to shoot there horses.

I believe John Bird hailed from Inverell way, but this is only going on an aging memory.
The only John Bird I can locate on Internet is from East Coast somewhere and isn’t the correct one .

Would you have any idea how to go about locating a replacement copy?


I also met you at Tenterfield one year and have a CD of yours and love it.

Many Thanks

Lynne Wright
Taree NSW

I noticed this Neal on Mannies personal Manfred the Poet site - so he might know how to help the lady make contact
John Bird - Books Selected Poems and bush Ballads Vol 1, 2 and 3

and found this but don't know if it is the right John Bird

John (Jack) Bird, a right-handed poet from the east coast of Australia. You can contact him at: jbird1997---at---yahoo.com

Unfortunately John passed on a few years back ...

Was John Bird a retired school teacher/principal?