For those destined to write it, poetry is a necessity, unrelated to any external need.  I’ve been writing it since I was a teenager, and continue to do so now.  The selection here, with a couple of exceptions, is published work.  Additional poems are available on request.

Contents:

• Chrysalis Runner up Banjo Patterson National Poetry Competition 1986
• Echo of Love Published in the Quirindi Advocate 1988
• Madonna, Drifting into Age Published In the Quirindi Advocate (Prospective)
• Small Towns Published in the Hunter Valley and NW Magazine 1990
• A Teacher, the last day Published in the NSW Education Journal 1988
• The Sister Published in the Hunter Valley and NW Magazine 1987
• The Trophy Published in the Hunter Valley and NW Magazine 1987
• Woman at a Conference Lunch Published in the NSW Education Journal 1988