Henry Lawson – Bush Bard Extraordinaire

The ‘People’s Poet’ was how he was referred to by a Prime Minister of Australia. Others would refer to him as a ‘lovable larrikin’, a ‘Bush Balladeer’, a hopeless hobo. But all would agree – Henry Lawson was always true to his dream…..always able to lift the rest of us up with him, with his [...]

A Little Poetic Licence and Larceny

In dreams, I sometimes imagine that I too am a poet of renown, stirring souls and tugging at heart strings  with the sheer beauty and magnificence of my words. They rise and soar, the rhymes sway into rhapsodic rhythms to capture and inspire the imagination to rise to even greater heights. Late at night, ALL [...]