Hurry! Deadline fast approaching for entry into the Gwen Harwood Poetry Competition. Details and entry form available at http://www.islandmag.com
I met Gwen over here in Perth once when she was visiting our writers' festival as a guest. The schools had bussed in loads of senior high school students, and their teachers were enjoying a day in the sun out of the classroom. No doubt they expected Gwen to 'do' In The Park and Suburban Sonnet - but the mischievous Ms Harwood read parodies of her work instead! I must say I was disappointed too, but after so many years of being asked for the same poems and reading them time after time, I can see her position as well. She IS a great poet. Enter the competition in her memory. I do hope you get second prize ...
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