ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Ooops, I forgot David Campbell. Congratulations David.

How good must Catherine Clarke be? First prize and two commendations (note spelling Marty). Keen to see her poems.

Marty, I have things to say - but can't because I'd be edited!

Marty, the paragraph below may explain why people did not pick up your error.

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Ahh, но кто может понять это?? ...

How did you do that smarty pants? Do I get a Greek key board too with green powers? Or do only red powers get them?

Nahh, I'm 'special' ...

Go and have a look at the winning entry for the Blackened Billy, and don't be such a sook!!

Guess I am strange roo,

I found it no problem to read. I guess it is because my typing and spelling are not what they used to be and I can still figure out what my first draft should read like. I have threatened, a little while back, to post it as it first hits the screen. I wonder if anyone would be able to de- cypher it.

Doesn't Everybody write like that? (too easy)

Terry