Wombat Bush Poets Hit Commercial Hotel Young

Get your bush poems together, or borrow your favourite from Banjo or Henry, and get yourself to the Commercial Hotel on Sunday, August 25 at 2 pm.

“As the fire coals are glowing to the gentle breeze that’s blowing, smell the tang of burning bush wood drifting through the air.

“The quart-pot bubbles boiling so it’s time to ease your toiling and have some tea and damper in our vampire’s welcome glare.”

Do you enjoy listening to Bush poetry or a good bush yarn? Perhaps you’d like to hear again that poem that Grandpa used to tell around the fire or that fragment you dimly remember from school.

Maybe you write some verse or yarns yourself but just toss them in the bottom drawer of a cupboard.

Here’s a chance to share your favourite piece with others at 2 pm on Sunday, August 25.

Seasoned performers will start the programme off, but everyone is encouraged to have a go.

Original works are most welcome, but the Wombat Bush Poets would also like to hear a piece by Banjo or Henry or your favourite author, but it must be good family material.

Maybe you don’t want to do anything at all but listen - and that’s great, too, because what would a Bush Poetry evening be without an audience?

Entry to the event is gold coin donation.