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In every community, poetry captures what statistics and headlines cannot, the heart, humour, and quiet strength of its people. By giving space to local poets, The Hawkesbury Gazette honours the voices that turn everyday life into art.
Our poets notice the rustle of gum leaves, the memory of a flood or fire, the laughter echoing down our rural roads. They remind us that community is not only built in meetings or markets, but also in the shared language of reflection and feeling.
Poets Corner is our way of keeping that spirit alive a place for words that belong to the Hawkesbury, written by those who call it home. Below are loved poems that speak to two Hawkesbury residents.
HAWKESBURY POETRY BEGINS ...
Kerryn Coombs-Valeontis of Maralya
"Listen carefully, careful, and this spirit e come in your feeling and you will feel it...anyone that. My body the same as you. I telling you that because the land for us never change round. Places for us earth for us, star, moon, tree, animal, no matter what sort of animal, bird or snake...all that animal same like us. Our friend that...because you love it, this world."
Bill Neidjie "Story about Feeling"
Merle Lester Kurrajong Heights
John wrote:
Why care?
To be just one small lantern in the darkness, smoky worn glass shielding flame from wind, that's enough difference for those who need to see.
Love John
Merle wrote:
and so it has been so
indeed a small lantern
evening star
full moon
morning sun
lightens my heart
brightens my day
the crazy antics of the humans for a split second
no longer troubles me
I am
breathing easy
once again
Love Merle
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