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Bubble Gum Trouble and Other Giggle Poems
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10 Yellow Bananas
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A Christmas Tail co-authored by Donna Smith & Helen Ross
A Cup of Christmas anthology – Kindle $1.77
Features one of my Christmas stories. All proceeds go to First Book, a children’s literacy charity.
Category Archives: Australian poets
Dear mum
I miss your smile its tenderness embracing me I miss your arms enveloping me squeezing I love you I miss holding hands giggling wordless understanding I miss our midnight rendevouz in the kitchen over … Continue reading
Launch of Australian Children’s Poetry website
Australian Children’s Poetry is a new site that has just been launched. Founded by author Dianne (Di) Bates, this site is dedicated to showcasing contemporary Australian children’s poets and their work. Di’s aim is to put Australian children’s poetry on every map … Continue reading
Halloween poems
In Australia, there are many parents and individuals who won’t participate or acknowledge Halloween celebrations believing that it is an American only celebration. Not wanting to become ‘Americanised’ they avoid it like the plague. However, I thought I’d cite some … Continue reading
Setting Off
Well, it is holiday time again. In Australia, it does get a little confusing as each State/Territory has slightly different school terms. Also Private schools and colleges tend to have different term dates to that of State schools. Regardless, many … Continue reading
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A giggle poem – ‘Shopping’
Today I am feeling a little overwhelmed with everything I am trying to get done. What’s new! So what do I do? Instead of knuckling down, karate chopping items from my ‘TO DO’ list, I have just rifled wasted time … Continue reading
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A Summer Renga – completed
In February this year I posted that I joined eight poets at Karawatha State Forest (Brisbane) for a summer ginko (haiku walk) with the talented poet Graham Nunn. Then from that time till mid April we worked on a renga … Continue reading
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April Fool poem
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter. Well, it is the start of a new month. But beware of the jokers as today is April Fool’s Day. So thought I’d post my April Fool poem from my giggle poetry book, … Continue reading
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Tips and services for ‘newbie’ children’s book writers
Please note: I have edited this post since it was first published on 6 March 2013). Every so often, a children’s writer/poet emails me for my advice. Yikes! I admit that I have many teaching years under my belt (like … Continue reading
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A Summer renga
If you love haiku, hope you’ve had a chance to check out the links to the haiku written by the nine poets who recently gathered at Karawatha State Forest. David Stavenger’s haiku, ‘snake weather’, was voted the most resonant poem … Continue reading
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More haiku from Summer ginko
Here are some more poems from February’s Summer ginko – haiku walk – in Karawatha State Forest. The backdrop of the forest provided an inspirational few hours of haiku hosted by poet, Graham Nunn. Please check out the wonderful haiku … Continue reading
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