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Left Field

Posted in Ireland, nature, Poetry, Sketching In Ireland, Writers, Writing, tagged FrancesMacaulayForde, Hurley, Ireland, POEM:LeftField, poems, Waterford on October 7, 2014| 1 Comment »

Left Field

Lined up like the Waterford cows,

metal bodies glitter in an Irish field.

Their black rubber circles squelch

acres of reconstituted bovine cud.

A Friesian audience has gathered

to ruminate on two-legged animals

with red and white coats, running

and hurling a stone to each other

between showers, near Carol’s Cross.

#FrancesMacaulayForde #LeftField #Hurley #Ireland #Waterford #poems

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ALPHA – Issue 01

Posted in Favorite Writers, Poetry, Writers, Writing, tagged AustralianPoetryFoundation, FrancesMacaulayForde, FrontPageImpact, JulieChevalier, poetry, RonPretty, WRIT-Issue1 on October 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Years ago, Julie Chevalier and I were members of on-line poetry critique group run by the amazing Ron Pretty who established the Australian Poetry Foundation and now has a competition named after him.

I enjoyed her poem “The moon and the stars were our chandelier” published in ALPHA – Issue 1, of WRIT, Western Australia’s newest poetry review on-line zine. (Although they’re asking for submissions for the next issue, unfortunately WRIT cannot afford to pay its contributors.)

Julie gave me some excellent constructive comments for my poem: “Front Page Impact” which I posted a short while ago. I recommend you take a moment and read some of her award-winning words.

#FrancesMacaulayForde #JulieChevalier #RonPretty #AustralianPoetryFoundation #WRIT-Issue1 #FrontPageImpact #poetry

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Red Hat Society

Posted in Crafts, Perth City, Poetry, Writers, Writing, tagged FrancesMacaulayForde, Poem:wARNING, rEDaNDpURPLE, RedHatSociety, SueEllenCooper on October 2, 2014| 3 Comments »

Each month, hubby and I peddle our wares at Kalamunda Village Market.

It has an old-fashion market feel with music from my era (60’s & 70’s) piped around the park by good quality HD speakers and I often find myself grooving to the beat between customers.

Used to be that you could only have a stall if you made everything yourself, locally. Nowadays they seem to have slackened that rule, more’s the pity…

What really cheers up my day is when the crowds suddenly turn red and purple with the arrival of the ladies from the “Red Hat Society”.

The movement stated in America with Jenny Joseph’s poem, “Warning.” given to Sue Ellen Cooper of California with a red Fedora as a birthday gift.

Now 40,000 PLUS chapter in the US and many in 30 different countries later, members certainly brighten up any market! Good on them!

Red Hat Society

I don’t have to wait – to get old before

they let me in to their secret society.

Not to wear the red hat – I must wear pink

until I reach that exalted time. I must be

content to wait, but practice I may, so as

not to shock those close with the changes.

When I finally get to the place where there

is fun after fifty* and I can make up for the

sobriety of my youth.* Here’s my heads-up,

my ‘Warning’ – an ode to non-conformity.*

*Inspired by ‘Warning’ by Jenny Joseph.

#FrancesMacaulayForde #RedHatSociety #POEM:Warning #JennyJoseph #RedAndPurple #SueEllenCooper

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“The Water Diviner”

Posted in MOVIES, Writers, tagged AcademyAwards, Actor, AndrewAnastasios, AndrewKnight, Director, FrancesMacaulayForde, movies, NewReleases, RussellCrowe, TheWaterDiviner on October 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Academy award winning actor Russell Crowe is stepping behind the camera to direct (as well as in front) for a story which looks amazing. Russ has just released the trailer and I confess, I can’t wait to see it.

The script is by Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight and if you watch this ‘1st look’ video, everyone was impressed by it, hence their involvement in making the film.

I love how the script kernel was just one line about a man searching for his son’s grave – in Gallipoli. (Perfect timing Russ with the Gallipoli Centenary next year.)

I’m looking forward to it, although I’ll have to, until it’s release at Christmas.

Oh well, they do say good things come to those who wait…

#FrancesMacaulayForde #RussellCrowe #TheWaterDiviner #NewReleases #Movie #AcademyAwardWinner #Actor #Director #AndrewAnastasios #AndrewKnight

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Newness…

Posted in Animals, Ireland, nature, Perth City, Poetry, Sketching In Ireland, Writing, tagged CorkLough, FrancesMacaulayForde, HydePark, PerthDailyPhoto, Swans on September 29, 2014| 3 Comments »

Newness of things:

the greenness – the blueness – the

colours of Spring.

Hyde Park is showing it’s best leafy coat thanks to our recent rains. My sister in law Grace, took some inspiring photos for her blog (above) on Saturday in one of two beautiful parks found within our city environs.

Thanks to Perth planners all those years ago, we can wander down paths next to bubbling water aerated by fountains, reminding me of wandering next to the Lough in Cork City.

Although we have mainly Black Swans here, I enjoyed seeing many white swans and other water birds, there.

Like ballerinas,

swans float above their

watery stage.

#FrancesMacaulayForde #Swans #CorkLough #HydePark #PerthDailyPhoto

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5 City shorts…

Posted in Perth City, Poetry, Poetry Postcards, WA Writers, Writing, tagged FrancesMacaulayForde, PerthWA, poetry, WAPoet, WAWriting on September 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

My sister-in-law Grace does a wonderful job of showcasing Perth with Daily Photos and interesting facts about places.

I write short poems around it…

Cottesloe

paddlers ignore

frantically flapping flags

strike rythmically

into the folding flow

Han’s Café

Whitfords with sunset view

and one lonely seagull

trying out the new pool.

Rottnest Island

peacocks parade

scouting the scene

for opportunities

Wanneroo Folk Club

old grey whistles

same old tunes

nothing changes

just remember

Immigrant

with visa ease

he slipped

into Australia

like oiled toes

invade a shoe

#FrancesMacaulayForde #PerthWA #Poetry #WAWriting WAPoet

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Abandoned…

Posted in Books, Favorite Writers, WA Writers, Workshops, Writers, Writing, tagged BookLovers&Writers, books, FinishingYourNovel, FrancesMacaulayForde, NailingYourNovel, NatashaLerster, Novelists, TAGHungerfordAward, UWAExtention, writing, WritingYourNovel on September 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »

My novel… that is.

So I’d be the perfect candidate for a course to be run by award-winning Natasha Lester with UWA Extention called “Nailing your novel”: “Designed for those who’ve always wanted to write a novel but don’t know where to begin, as well as those who’ve started writing a book, only to put it away because they’re not sure where they’re going.”

Natasha won the TAG Hungerford Award (my dream) for her manuscript and debut novel, ‘What Is Left Over After’. Her latest; ‘If I should Lose You’ is wowing reviewers and me-thinks also on an award-winning path.

How she finds time to do her very informative Blog for book lovers and writers in between the writing and teaching etc. I’m envious!

If I had the time, I would do the course because I know I would identify why I’m stalled, get the impetus to keep going with my novel and hopefully, make it worthy…

Meantime I need to take heed of Natasha’s Writing Tips.

#FrancesMacaulayForde #NatashaLester #NailingYourNovel #BookLovers&Writers #UWAExtention #TAGHungerfordAward #Novelists #Books #WritingYourNovel #Writing #FinishingYourNovel

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“Woman of Flowers”

Posted in Books, MOVIES, nature, Scripts, Writing, tagged AdaptationToScreen, AdaptingBooks, books, FrancesMacaulayForde, GeorgianaMolloy, WAPioneers, WAWildflowers, WomanOfFlowers on September 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Quite a few years ago now, I was sent Libby Hathorn‘s book ‘Woman of Flowers’ to consider for adaptation to screen by the publishers Hachette Australia.

Georgiana Molloy moved to Western Australia with her new husband in 1829. WA was very different to the gentile English countryside and Georgiana had a lot of trouble settling in. The eminent botanist James Mangles asked Georgiana to collect specimens for his research. A new world opened up for her and she thrived, loving the native plants and documenting them carefully. Her samples were packed with such care, Mangles sent them on to colleagues who actually managed to grow and study new species from the meticulously packed seeds.

Meticulously researched, Libby’s book provided both a factual and fictional view which I loved after reading it as a subject for adaptation.

I thought it would make a good TV Series but discovered that a local company was busy doing a lot of research on the same subject, seemed well advanced with plans to do something similar, so I judged it not the right time.

6 years on, others have since documented Georgiana’s wonderful achievements over the years, particularly the ABC National Radio but nothing like I envisaged.

As I’ve said, I’d love to give her a new life – a dramatic screen life.

So any producers out there – maybe now is the right time!

#FrancesMacaulayForde #LibbyHathorn #GeorgianaMolloy #WomanOfFlowers #WAWildflowers #WAPioneers #Books #AdaptationToScreen #AdaptingBooks