ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

An old one but Terry informs me that he heard someone recite it recently in WA.

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One of your best Heather - you should be proud of it.

Terry

Absolutely agree with Terry Heather - this is wonderful and you should be proud indeed!

That was a very early effort. I'd only been writing poetry less than a year. My writing has changed a lot since then!

Thanks Terry and Catherine. It won a first prize in the emerging poet somewhere in WA. Can't remember whether it was Cervantes or Boyup Brook. That win prevented me entering it in anything else sadly.

This poem was recited by some school children in either France or Gallipoli a couple of years ago. Dave organised that. That was a thrill.

Heather

Thanks Matt. If you knew the inspiration for it you'd want a percentage of that one too!

Quite beautiful Heather. Every line a sorrowful truth.
Wazza