ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Congratulations to Marty Boyce for being awarded a 'Double Tap' award for war poetry. Awarded for his poem 'Poppies', by the International War Veterans Poetry Archives.

These awards are not given 'lightly' & can't be applied for by the author & can only be nominated, then second' by a club member.

Again Congratulations mate.

Congratulations Marty...
Well deserved too. Recognition such as this is, in my opinion, far more satisfying than any competition result. It shows that your words have hit home with the people you are writing about.

Cheers, Will.

Great to hear, mate. and well-deserved congrats. Here's to me slappin' ya on the back so hard ya spill ya beer!

Marty

Well done Marty and congratulations. It's a good poem, you deserve it.

Heather

Congratulations Marty!!!!
Great to see.

Catchya
IRene

and another congratulations from me too Marty, well done.

Good to hear Marty. It's interesting how the service or ex-services are still keen sponsors of the arts. Maybe its something about the experience of war that only can be said in the distilled language of poetry.



Neville

congrats Marty many congrats mate

bill the old battler

Hey Neville...
I don't mean to hi-jack Marty's thread, but just had to jump in when I read your "distilled language". That is how I feel about poetry in a nutshell really.

'distil'...verb...to vaporize and recondense (a liquid); to purify, separate, concentrate.
Nice.

I may adopt "distil language" as my motto!

Cheers, Will.

I'm with you Will.