By Aaron Cordy
THE poets rejoiced when the Shepparton Festival hosted a Poets’ Breakfast at Noble Monks, Sunday, April 4. Celebrating the beautiful word craft of local poets with renowned guest poet, Tru Dowling from Bendigo.
It’s the ability of poetry to capture us in our quiet moments and speak softly of love and pain, of joy and heartache that we all share as humans. No matter our walks of life we can all connect to the emotion of poetry.
The captivated audience heard poetry from members of the Goulburn Valley Writers Group: Suellen Drysdale, Alan Kininmonth, Eileen Torney, Roger Furphy, David Kelly, Pat Patt, James Manley, Robyn Black, Lyn Farren, Rose Christopher and Helene Castles. Tales about childhood, beloved pets, wistful holidays, and the tragedies of wars which still rage in the world today kept the gathering hanging on every word.
The GV Writers Group meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7pm at the Peppermill Hotel Shepparton to share poetry, short stories, novel extracts, inspire and have fun with people interested in the written word. You don’t need any writing experience to come along and check out a meeting. Their next meeting is on Wednesday, May 8. For more information call Suellen on 0428 331 213.
