Congratulations

[Zondrae]

Congratulations Kym and Heather,

and well done to all the other winners and runners up. I haven't seen the proper list yet but I'll be looking forward to reading all the top ten poems.

I feel a bit out of place, being included with the high flyers as my effort was only a HC. I didn't decide to send in an entry until the last minute. I'm glad I did.

Well done to all those who sweated and toiled over their poems. All the poets who sent in their works for scrutiny by "the judges", who may not have reached the top of this competition, should take heart. Your poem may not appeal to the judge of the day, however, if you hone your craft and polish your work to the best of your ability, you can achieve higher things. Keep at it. Every story should be told. It is always possible that a poem, overlooked by one judge, may, at a later stage, do better in another competition.

[Heather]

Congratulations to you too Zondrae on your HC. It was good to hear your name called out!

The good thing about this comp was the feedback on the written poems. I entered a poem which I have had high hopes for and it has continually missed out. One comp said it was a lovely story with a few technical errors - nice but useless comment. The judges at Morisset have pointed out the errors in detail. I had even put 6 beats in one line instead of the usual 7 - and totally missed it (grrrrrrr). But now I know and I can go back and improve it.

[Dave Smith]

Hey Goodon you lot for having fun. Manfred can we make a rule that say's you can't take photos off the site till I get to see them, remember you people are allways 3 hrs in front of us.

TTFN

[Wendy Seddon]

Hello all,
I had an absolutely fabulous time at Morisset last weekend.
Nice to put faces to names.
Actually learned something from the gurus too!

Didn't get a cigar but my critique was nothing to sneeze at
- getting closer all the time! (Better watch out yous guys!)

Wen

[Heather]

Will Moody and Frank Daniel. Oh, and Ted.

Will, Heather & Frank.jpg

[Kym]

Well, hello there Will - lovely to see you at last. What a handsome chappy too! Good to see Frank looking happy as well.

[Mal McLean]

Ditto congrats to everybody. A great weekend at Morisset and we all learned a lot. To be in the company of a bunch of first rate poets, what more could you want? A big thanks to Trevor and Carol and all the gang at Hunter Bush poets (and to the cooks) for making it all possible. For a few bucks two bottles of soda water and a tube of super glue I had a ball. Almost made that bloody one minute cut off!

Regards to all

Mal

[tom mcilveen]

hi heather glad to hear you got back to melbourne..i guess after a few nights on the 'prison bunks' you wouldn't have wanted to sleep at the airport. The bunks weren't too bad if you doubled themm..i got a spare one from bunk above...i'm sorry we kept you awake ..i was one of the 'party animals'..blame manfred..he got out his guitar and i got mine and we made some beautiful music..(it sounded good to us )...maybe the acoustics weren't so good in the female dormitory?????;) ..sorry if we kept you awake..blame peter mace for singing off key.) ..it was great to meet everybody at morisett..it was a buzz to meet so many of the australian bush poetry legends...and i'm looking forward to catching up with some of you at tamworth..if anybody wants accommodation at tamworth let me know..my brother has a farm 2 mins out of town...with plenty of spare rooms...and camping area etc...
tom mcilveen

i am thrilled and honoured to have received a 3rd amongst such talented writers

[Mal McLean]

Geez Tom...now you tell me about your brother outside Tamworth but the $800.00 has already slipped through my fingers.

regards

Mal

PS you didn't keep me awake.......bloody sheilas

Oh....sorry...congrats to you too on a fine effort

[Bob Pacey]

Hey were not you lot down there to learn and perform ????


Sounds like a tax dodge to me.


Parties shareing bunks and singalongs.


Bugger knew i hould have goooonnne

Cheers everyone this is what makes the poetry sceens great and will always keep the tradition alive.


Congratulations to all the winners and nearly winners as well.

Bob