ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

g'day reading the article in the feb issue of the A.B.P.A, regarding Frank's twenty years of the association. he only related to the performance poets who stepped onto the stage at that time. their were others who had published books but didn't bother with performance competitions.

Bush Poets Of The 1980's

* Colin Newsome
* Gertrude Skinner
* Keith Garvey
* Stan Holland
* Ian Slack-Smith

Bush Poets of Writers World. (1991)

* Sid Elliott
* Winston Bailey
* Heather Corfeild
* Duncan Williams
* Pat Burns


Early Poetry Supporters (1980's)

* Mikkie Maass
* Maureen Quickenden
* Phill Hannaford.

As mentioned in the Editorial, Frank is doing a six part history of the ABPA. This was part 1. There were many, many others that you failed to mention.

Neil

no that was before your time keats. your with the long-yard lot like frank. , he came to tamworth as a visiting poet from somewhere else and started the longyard bush poets along with jim haines. they were not the poetry pioneers of this area mate.


Duncan Williams.