Bush poets wax lyrical

HG Nelson hosted a battle of two poets in Cowra last week, as part of the ABC’s upcoming Bush Slam series.

Two guest poets, Joel Ma and Carol Heuchen, had spent three days in Cowra getting a feel for the location before unveiling their takes on the town in poetry.

Each poet gave a presentation of one of their own poems before treating the crowd to their poem based on their experiences of Cowra.

Joel Ma’s poem was written in his modern hip hop style while Carol Heuchen’s was written in a traditional style of bush poetry.

Other towns to feature in the Freehand Productions series include Lightning Ridge in NSW; Corryong in Victoria, Yarrabah in Queensland, Blinman in South Australia, and Stanley in Tasmania.

Source: Cowra Community News