Poetry Week in Cardwell

Poetry kids

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Group poems are a lot of fun. Quite a few schools and groups had a go at these. Here is one from the group pictured.

What if?

What if cars
Jumped over people
Had mouths
Turned into frogs?

What if a rainbow
Turned into a dinosaur
And into the sky?

What if the dish ran away with the spoon
The cow jumped over the book?

What if people
Turned into rainbows
Had four legs
And cars jumped over people

What if the sky was pink
And turned into a rainbow?

What if the moon was on the ground
The grass was blue and
The trampoline jumped around?

(First Published in School Newsletter Term 3 Tully State Primary 2007)

word wall

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What might a poetry wall look like? Well here is a word wall with lots of seeds for poems. Notice also the lovely feet which are going to have some of these words forming shape poems.

This fabulous creation was completed by Mrs Tronconne with her year one class. They came up with the words, including the word that inspired a poem “The Lovefulness Tree”.

I’ll feature some more poetry and word walls here later. We are also creating a poet-tree (more news on that later).

Can you believe it? Just a couple of weeks to go and National Poetry Week in Australia will be here.

From a ripple of poetry from a prep/one class group in the Tully State School to Saint Clares Parish School ripples (pictured here is a student from Saint Clares year 5 with a ripple poem exercise) to a wave of poetry ripples at Mission Beach school and with Licuala writers and Malanbarra Midja women’s cultural group.

Program for Poetry Week

Ripple- a small wave that can change everything-poetry week in Cardwell Shire, Various activities

Tuesday September 4th
Official Launch of Community Poetry Wall and June Perkins exhibition of photos and poetry. 6 pm CRACA Gallery and Office, 1 Butler St Tully, rsvp by 31st of August

Friday September 7th
10.30am -12.30 Library poetry activities for school kids who helped with the poetry wall. Featuring readings by contributors to the wall and installation of poetry feet and leaves.

11.00am-1.00pm Activities CRACA Gallery 1 Butler St Tully. Workshop with visiting poet Owen Allen Mission Beach school attending.

7.00 pm
Poetry Gong-a-thon- open reading CRACA 1 Butler St. All welcome.
Share your work but watch out for that gong signalling your reading time is up- to give everyone attending a fair chance and the audience a fair chance too!

3-18th September
Exhibition Ripple- poetry wall.
September CRACA and Tully Library exhibiting the community poetry wall and work of June Perkins local poet. Poetry and photography.   School groups and other visitors welcome to view the poetry wall anytime between 3-18th except for on the 7th of September visit after 1.30pm

Featured on the wall, Mission Beach State School students, Tully State School, Malanbarra Midja women’s cultural group, Licuala writers and individual writers and photographers from Darwin, Cairns, Tully, United States, Holland, and Mission Beach.

For more information phone CRACA (07)4068 2589

Look out for more poetry and news on this site as poetry week approaches!

Something Brown

I saw something brown
As wavy as the sea.
I saw something brown
As bumpy as could be.
I saw something brown
As spiky as a tree.
I saw something brown
Shaped like a croc.
I saw something brown
Shaped like a clock.

I looked
And I looked and I saw
That it was just a
Stick.

(c) By Caitlin

One of nine poems from Mission Beach State School  to make it onto the poetry wall.

Dr June Perkins’ Ripple project is gathering momentum and is set to culminate with an impressive poetry/photography wall for National Poetry Week, Sept 1-10.

Students from Mrs Castree’s Prep 1 class at Tully Primary have become budding poets after responding to writer in community, June Perkins.  With impressive team work they have installed words in a 3 dimensional poetry sculpture and learnt about shape poetry and the power of asking ‘what if’. 

They have created and solved riddles and experienced the joy of role-playing creatures of nature. Dr Perkins said, “The children have been vibrant and imaginative.  They have embraced the magic of poetry to create some engaging work.”

Local adult writers’ group LICUALA had been in limbo for some time, but they recently met at the CRACA Gallery in Tully for an introduction to the Ripple project.  “Dr Perkins agreed to be their new coordinator and they are now meeting every three weeks. ”CRACA president Kay Mays said. ”With new members and fresh enthusiasm the potential for this group is exciting.  Additional members are very welcome.”

“Groups about to commence their Ripple workshops include Year 5 at St Clare’s, various levels at Tully State Primary, Malanbarra Midja cultural women’s group, Mission Beach and Sally Moroney’s Enviro Kids from Mission Beach.”

Individual submissions for possible inclusion in the poetry/photography wall are accepted from all ages, backgrounds and cultures. You can pick up a submission form and further information from the CRACA Office or the Tully Library.  If you have email please send a request for a submission form to craca_arts AT hotmail.com [at symbol changed to prevent spam]

All submissions are due August 10, 2007. 

The Ripple project is funded by RADF – a partnership arrangement between Cardwell Shire Council and Arts Queensland.

This site is under construction.  It is here to form part of the poetry trail for poetry week in the Cardwell Shire. 

Come back and visit for exhibition in September and for information in the lead up to the project.