Poetry
Poetry is integral to my approach to art. Like in my other practices I make use of various styles according to context and theme.
From Post Postmodern Poet:
Post Postmodern Poet is my attempt to find poetic meaning in the technological environment, to make sense of the environmental devastations and social challenges in our time.
From Buddha In Honey:
A series of small poems inspired by Buddha's message, an attempt to experiment with new meaning.
From Southern Cross:
Southern Cross was an attempt to familiarize myself with Fremantle and Western Australia through poetic means, an invocation of the spirit of place containing over 100 poems on locations in WA.
Prizes and Commendations
POETRY PRIZES AND COMMENDATIONS
- 2000
- First Prize for ‘It was you,’ Festival of Love Poetry, WA State Literature Centre, WA
- 2000
- ‘For my Mother,’ Significant Merit, Southern Cross Literary Competition, Ballarat Writing Council, VIC
- 2001
- First Prize, Write Away Poetry Competition, State Literature Centre, WA
- 2002
- ‘Buddha in Honey’ Commended Entry, Newcastle Poetry Prize National Anthology, NSW
- 2008
- First Prize C.J. Dennis Literary Award, ‘The Earth from Space’
- 2009
- ‘Maritime Museum,’ Highly commended at the Bruce Dawe National Poetry Competition
COMMENDED AND PUBLISHED POEMS
- 2000
- ‘Boyagin Rock’ Highly Commended, Banjo Paterson Writing Award, Banjo Paterson Arts Council
- 2004
- ‘Rottenest Museum’ short listed for Tom Collins Poetry Prize, Tom Collins Writers Centre,
- 2005
- ‘Ginos’ included in FAWWA (Fellowship of West Australian Writers) 70th Anniversary Anthology ‘Lines in the Sand’
- 2006
- ‘Outback’ one of three poems selected for West Australian Anthology: ‘Weighing of the Heart,’ OOTA
- 2008
- ‘The Plagues in 2007,’ Commended entry Peter Cowen 2008 Patrons Prize
- 2008
- Poem ‘Perth’ selected for ‘Filed of Ideas’ Installation in Wolfs Lane, Perth
- 2009
- 12 Poems from ‘West East,’ selected for master class with John Kinsella (The Next Stage)
- 2009
- 'Salt’ selected for dotdotdash
- 2010
- ‘The Conspiracy of Crows’ selected for Indigo Journal, WA