THE HALCYON DAYS

[Vic Jefferies]

Wonderful poem Terry. One of the best I have read or heard for a very long time!

Vic

[Neville Briggs]

Great work Terry, ......returning Zondrae to sanity I mean

I like that one Terry. I seem to remember it from an earlier post, but thanks for putting it on again.

[Heather]

Brilliant poem Terry and so glad you posted it. Reminds me of a distant relative who lived at Tumut. In his later years he developed dementia but in his muddled state he was off trout fishing and flying planes. His wife was tormented by his fading state but he was in a very happy place.

Heather

[Terry]

Hi Keats,
Thanks mate,
I often think to myself along the lines of your advice, regarding not getting too far ahead of yourself with your writing, because as I said before it seems to me that the best poems are often simple natural ones.
Yes I must have a go at reciting this, Brian Langley did such a great job of it when he recited it, it really did sound good, I found it hard to believe I'd actually written it.

Cheers Terry

[Terry]

Hi Vic, thanks for your kind comment,
There is nothing more rewarding as you would know, than to have written a poem that your friends and peers enjoyed

Thanks again Terry


Hi Neville,
Glad you enjoyed it again mate.

Terry

[Terry]

Hi Heather, thanks for that.
We have something in common here, because you won this same award this year, and I'm sure you will go on to bigger and better things.
There's something special about fly-fishing, it often becomes a way of life and stays with us until the end of our days.
You can picture the scene can't you, just wandering a stream on a balmy spring day. There's insects buzzing about and the birds are singing, and even the odd trout rising, Magic.

Cheers Terry

[Heather]

If I can write half as well as you Terry I will be happy.

Heather

[Terry]

Marty (warooa)
You mentioned The Palmer river and that someone you know have pegged a couple of leases.
If you haven't read it yet there is a great book on the Palmer story, I think it's called 'The River Of Gold'.
It was really tough going but the field was fabulously rich. There were constant fights with the Aboriginals,
who were a really fierce mob that were right into cannibalism apparently they preferred to eat the Chinese
saying the white blokes were a bit salty from all the salted beef they ate. In the end there thousands of Chinese on the field, a bit like the southern fields unlike over here where there were few if any on the fields.
I have always wanted to have a look at the Palmer, but up to now have never got around to it.

Cheers Terry