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by Gary Harding » Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:39 am
Thanks Terry... !! good onya mate!
...everything I have done is being done at a personal level only, and nothing whatsoever to do with ABPA. The Association has never been mentioned.
However.. the end result will increase public awareness of Bush Poetry, and therefore be a boost indirectly to ABPA and its Membership, the subject of this thread!!
Someone said to me recently "After all that you have done, they (government) just have to do something for you..." and I said "My Oath!"
Unlike Free Verse where grants of $40,000 are handed out by the delightful Australia Council to people/mates who write about mushroom growing on the moon, we as Bush Poets I believe enshrine something far more important that future generations (when the bush and its values have mostly vanished) may regard as a compass for living. It may inspire some of them to also pick up their swags, leave their computer screens and get out "on the wallaby track". Like Manfred does.
One aspect (of many) in my program is the subsidy of Books and CD's of Bush Poetry or related material.
Where people like Heather take the time, effort and Cost! to produce something tangible that will endure for generations, and these twits produce material about pregnant womens panties and get $40 - $80k then while it may be the easy path to say we have never needed politics so lets bury our heads in the sand... I have no problem engaging them in combat... obviously. As Lawson said "there may not be law and order but there is justice" and it is that justice that I am pressing for.
An outward looking attitude not tunnel vision. The potential is enormous.
Until then I will just keep my thumb on the firing button until I run out of ammo... BUT all support is greatly appreciated and does its bit for the Cause, believe me.. thanks again!.. cheers, Gaz