by Claire Saxby | Jan 2019 | Poetry
A Poem a Day – Day 2 Perhaps it is unrealistic to think that this particular January is going to see a poem every day here. Who knows? I’ve been taking lots of photos when I walk for the past while, and I’m going to use some of them as poem prompts....
by Claire Saxby | Jan 2019 | Poetry
A Poem a Day 2019 Happy New Year! I was all geared up to start this yesterday but instead we had a grand lunch feast yesterday which morphed into Plan B when our new granddaughter decided she would arrive ahead of schedule! (yes, she’s beautiful 🙂 ) So Day One...
by admin | Feb 2015 | Poetry, Walker Books Australia
My friend, Lorraine Marwood, has just released a new collection of poetry for children with Walker Books Australia.She’ll be appearing here shortly (within the next couple of weeks) but being also a teacher, Lorraine has set me (and other bloggers on her...
by admin | Mar 2010 | Blog, Poetry
The thing about poetry… Sally Murphy recently released her new verse novel, Toppling (ill Rhian Nest James, pub Walker Books) and as part of her promotion, she invited guests to talk about poetry at her blog. There’s a month worth of poetry and thoughts...
by admin | Oct 2009 | Blog, Poetry, Uncategorized
At the Beach – the Poem Just after I’d posted the photos of the kite surfers at the beach, the postie delivered copies of School Magazine which included my poem ‘At the Beach’. How’s that for timing? ‘At the Beach’ was written...
by admin | Mar 2009 | multicultural festival, Poetry
Federation Square in Melbourne is a great meeting place, and works so much better than City Square ever did. From early morning to late night, it seems there is always something going on. It is meeting place, starting place, festival place…often simultaneously....