Ralph,
Ditto the comments on Merlinda Bobis - saw her at the QPF. Her musical interpretation of her poems
and the Philipino flavour of her work certainly entertained.
Clayton
Ralph Wessman wrote:
> Another festival, the one the previous week - the Tasmanian Readers' and Writers' Festival. The highlight for me was poet Merlinda Bobis, but it was good to catch up with Adrian Caesar.
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> "What are you doing in Hobart," the taxi driver asked Adrian as he drove him from the airport.
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> "I'm in town to take part in a literary festival. I'm a poet."
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> "A poet eh. Well nothing wrong with reading poetry, so long as you do it in private and have got clean hands," the taxi driver replied.
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> Ralph
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