It's been huge and dusty, tiring and sometimes exciting few days. But one idea came to me as I looked at snippets of poems typed from my farming years. They had an essence which could be distilled and made anew. A type of poetry refashioning.
I simply cut out the poem, pasted into my writing book, took what were the key words to me and the idea and re-wrote. I've done this with several poems now and have an idea of where to submit them.
Other treasure has been an editor's comments on a rejection slip- enough to inspire me to find that manuscript and re-work.
And the books found at my annual trek to the Bendigo book fair as part of the Easter festival… well I didn't have much success in the children's section, but found some great books I can use for my workshops and always a bit of nostalgia.
Who can resist the second in the series of the Magic Eye? Not me and the wonderful book whose author is remembered in the Eve Pownall category of the CBCA wards.
Treasure indeed.
