Manorbrook and Christ the King school pupils were enthralled
by a larger-than-life Aussie poet Mick Leigh, complete with corks dangling from
the brim of his hat, using the joy of word-play to persuade his audience that
they could beome poets too.
They set about it with gusto and
produced, in no time at all, an impressive list of poems drawn from their own
experience and their fertile imaginations.
Mick and Ashley Bijster, the TAF
representative at the event, agreed that the standard was so good that the work
deserved to be enjoyed by a larger audience.
Ashley collected the poems and
arranged for them to be displayed on the website. Enjoy!
The poetry class was organised
and sponsored by TAF and is one of several events where the Festival goes out
into the community rather than arranging everything at a central location.
Here's what they said about Mick, the first poet most of them had ever
met.
"It was good because I've never met someone from Australia before".
Lauren
"He was cool!" Josh
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"He put lots of expression in when
he read the poems". Sam
"He used funny
words in his poems"
"My favorite
poem was the one about the toilet". Katherine
"He was really fun and his
poems were really good"
"He was a dude". Sam
Now click on the school name
to read the childrens' amazing poems