Lest we forget. Today is ANZAC Day, a very special day on the calendar in both Australia and New Zealand. On this day we remember our war heroes, those who served – and continue to serve – our country on the battlefields of the world. I wrote a special tribute to the ANZACs a few [...]

This blog about writing is four years old. Cue: the sound of wild cheering, strains of “Happy Birthday” and the popping of corks drifting through cyberspace. [Editors note: corks popping? Why wasn't I invited??] Yes folks, this blog about writing is now officially 4 years old today. It has crawled, stumbled and staggered across the [...]

Yesterday I wrote about how I write poetry. It’s a simple formula and one that usually works for me. My only regret is that I far too often either don’t have the time to devote to poetry – or I don’t make the time. As a prize winning poet I know I should be writing [...]

Writing poetry has been a love of mine from my very early years. I was barely a teenager before I started writing poetry seriously. Back then it was a haphazard affair with no real plan or purpose. Most were scribbled furiously on to any convenient scarp of paper and stored ungraciously in boxes or drawers. [...]

Now for something a little different. I’ve had another poem published, this time in a small collection of poems called a chap book. There’s quite a story to this poem being published. Every month I attend a poetry writers’ group at the university where I have almost completed my Master of Arts in Creative Writing. [...]