by Kay Gorring | Jan 30, 2022
The Ghosts of Monte Christo Image: Monte Christo Homestead in Junee, New South Wales Monte Christo is said to be the most haunted house in Australia so was a natural choice for me to write. The research into it was absolutely fascinating. THE GHOSTS OF...
by Kay Gorring | Jan 26, 2022
Only One Returned Image: Public Domain – Australian Light Horse This poem was inspired by the story of SANDY, the only horse of some 130,000 sent overseas during WWI to ever return to Australian shores. I tried to keep this story as close to the facts as I...
by Kay Gorring | Jan 26, 2022
More than a Boy Image: Pixabay This poem is a love story of sorts and is based very loosely on a true incident that happened after a friend’s brother took my horse without permission from where it was tied. This story is different, however, and imagines a shy...
by Kay Gorring | Nov 25, 2021
The Harder Road Image: Pixabay THE HARDER ROAD has gained a Highly Commended at the 2017 Blackened Billy Verse competition in Tamworth. This is the third highly commended for this particular poem with the other two in the Bundaberg Bush Lantern and the Ipswich Poetry...
by Kay Gorring | Nov 13, 2019
Bushfire Image: Pixabay This poem was written at the end of 2019 as the fire season started in Queensland. It was extremely dry and the bush felt like a tinderbox. Everyone was nervous. Then, as I was driving home one afternoon, I saw a thin column of smoke rising in...
