Poetry Week in Cardwell

Local writing group, Licuala Writers, are planning their first open public reading for Saturday 19th of September at 10.00am. To be held at the Dorothy Jones Library in Tully, they are inviting all members of the community to participate by way of reading their own original work or coming along to listen and enjoy. The word event has been themed Into Orbit to help inspire would be writers, poets, rappers and songsters to get creative. All are asked to submit their work by 8th September so that sufficient time can be allocated for them to read.

Group facilitator Dr June Perkins said of the event “Licuala Writers invite original stories, raps, songs, poems, reflections, essays, on the theme of Into Orbit: Orbiting into a new phase of life, orbiting out of an old phase of life, reflecting on our place in the cosmos, anything at all that makes you think of orbiting, moving, changing or transforming. All ages are welcome to submit.” Participants’ work will be published in the event program and may also be included in an anthology planned for publication in 2010.

Work that has been previously published is acceptable and due recognition to previous publisher will be given where appropriate.

The Licuala Writers meet each month, alternating between Tully and Mission Beach. Within the group are keen writers of fiction, non-fiction, journalism, blogging, poetry and children’s writing. All interested in the event are encouraged to visit their Into Orbit blog at Into Orbit If you can’t make it to read, why not submit something anyway and we will read it for you, if selected, and place it on our website.

Our new project for 2009  is into Orbit.  Go to this site to find out more  Into Orbit.

Unity Feet- installation at the enviro centre C4

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From November 10th to December 7th 2007 parts of the Ripple poetry wall will be featured at the c4 Enviro Centre at Mission Beach, the Mission Beach library and the Tully Tourism Information Centre.

Pictured is the unity feet installation. Primary school students submitted feet decorated with their virtures, things they’d like to do to care for the world and environment, and some of the animals they care for (including the local cassowary).

gift of poet tree

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This is a not for profit tribute – a poet-tree collaged from portraits. Do you like it!

Here is the poet-tree in the library filled with poets long gone, and poets of today, poets of our project and poets from around the world.

As we have poets also passed away here in the foundations of this poetry tree please pay respect to them and think of them and what they have done.  Be aware Indigenous people are also pictured and there may be someone you know. Always show respect.

This was so much fun to create! Many thanks to the team that glued it and planned it. Well done my dear family who supported this project so brilliantly!

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This is one view of the library display for Ripple. You can see the feet and leaves, the poet’s tree, and the heart ripple butterfly picture. I am working on some collages of all our events and you’ll see some more up here soon. Thanks to the librarians there is also an awesome display of poetry books for children and adults out. They ordered some in from other libraries. Thanks librarians!!!

On another note any poets on the wall who have a website link (homepage) can send me their link and I’ll post it here after it’s been through a review process – for a number of reasons, especially as I want this to be a family friendly site.

I will also gradually post some links to help out teachers who want to integrate poetry into their teaching curriculum and maybe do some site reviews. Poetry ripples on and on.

Thanks to Years 2AM and 2 ML from Tully State Primary for hosting Mission Beach year 4s. I’ve seen you are still writing some poems for optional homework! I look forward to hearing more from you all and hope that you continue to write. Well done with your hosting, and creation of a poetry activity for so many children.

Entering the exhibition 3

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Another view of the poetry wall- just one of many sections to our wall.
Young poets are here but we have more of our poets of all ages on the poet’s tree. You’ll see what at the local library until the 18th of September. Some of the exhibit might be going to the poet’s breakfast at Mission Beach, Sunday October 7th 8am.

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Well there are just a few more days for people to come and see the Poetry wall at the Gallery. It may be finding other homes though and I’ll keep you posted.

We’ve had lots of people through the library exhibition, with many schools visiting the library last week but the gallery has mainly had wall participants visit on our poetry recital day. So show your support visit the wall and write a comment in the visitors book (comments on line appreciated too).

If you can come down before the 19th of September and read the poems on the wall. It’s quite a journey. This is what you see when you go through the entrance at the gallery- want to see more- go to the gallery- I’ll post some more pictures this afternoon and each day in the lead up to the 18th.

Also if you want to add some feet or leaves to our installations send us a poem. It should fit onto a foot or leaf shape. I’ll post some more on that soon.

Thankyou so much to the teachers who came last Friday and had their children bring so many wonderful feet creations- they are- I’m sure you agree- gems of feet.

Ripple at the library

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Here are a few images of the library recital. This collage features Owen Allen performing Tropical man, and organising his audience to play their role in the performance.

More images coming soon! Watch this space.

Launch of Ripple

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A collage of some of the participants dring the launch of ripple- more pictures coming soon courtesy of other photographers.

We were nourished by poetry, music, food, and the energy of many creative people who had contributed to the wall sharing their work.

Any feedback from participants please post to the blog! Thanks.

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It was simply inspiring to see the different age groups coming to celebrate poetry at the library in Tully on Friday.

We had two writers from the Licuala writer’s group , the Indigenous Education Officer from the Highschool and a local Elder who came to share her work. Around 100 people came to the recitals.

The children also performed their poems, and many had memorized their own creatons. They performed to the older writers and to their parents, teachers and fellow students. One of the classes performed impressively as a group and had memorized their poem completely- well done prep/one CC from Tully State School.

They also kindly bought their feet shape creations, with words about themselves or something they wanted to care for to the library and we installed them on the notice boards and around our butterfly ripple effect painting. Thanks so much to their teachers for responding to the unity feet/butterfly ripple effect installation

Well as soon as I can I’ll post some photos of everything and a more creative representation of the day – I was a bit too busy with microphones to always remember to take photographs but some of our trusty CRACA volunteers, Licuala and others took some photos and so the day is well covered.

Special thanks to Maxine at the library, also to Head librarian Helen for allowing us to use the library, Pam, Ben, Owen, Vanessa, Rebecca, all the young poets attending and all teachers and parents as well as Morrie who lent us some sound equipment, who helped to make the day a great success.

Also thanks to poets who couldn’t be there, Dave Delaney , Image Peace, Daphne Cazalet, and Susan Hawthorne, you were there in spirit, with your poetry gracing the walls and being read at some of our events

Also special thanks to Paulien Bats for her wonderful photographic collages and Owen Allen for running workshops and coming from Atherton to do this!

Awesome !!!