Of Drought and Fire
Description
. . . and at home we say
if it's yellow
let it mellow
if it's brown
flush it on down . . .
~
Two natural disasters, each on a massive scale, a decade and a half apart.
One is the slow withering that desiccates the soul by increments, the other a raging series of fires burning half a continent in a mad rush of smoke and flame and wind.
Two un-natural disasters, aided and abetted by the relentless destruction of the land we live in and love.
Frank Prem documents a lived experience of these events, parched through drought and singed by fire.
~
last night
was filled with smoke
I know
I am coughing it up
this morning
More details
Person
Frank Prem has been a storytelling poet for forty years. When not writing or reading his poetry to an audience, he fills his time by working as a psychiatric nurse.
He has been published in magazines, e-zines and anthologies, in Australia and in a number of other countries, and has both performed and recorded his work as 'spoken word'.
Frank has published several collections of free verse poetry ? Small Town Kid (2018), Devil In The Wind (2019), and The New Asylum (2019). His publishing schedule in 2020 includes A Love Poetry Trilogy (Walk Away Silver Heart; A Kiss for the Worthy; and Rescue and Redemption), as well as a two part picture book ? The Beechworth Bakery Bears and The Beechworth Bakery Bears (too).
Frank has also published the collaborative work ? Herja Devastation (2019) together with Australian author Cage Dunn.
He and his wife live in the beautiful township of Beechworth in northeast Victoria (Australia).
Publications
Small Town Kid (2018) ISBN: 978-0975144237 A free verse memoir of growing up in rural Australia in the 1960s and 70s.
Devil In The Wind (2019) ISBN: 978-0975144268 In free verse, the voices of victims and survivors of the horrendous Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria (Australia) in 2009
Herja, Devastation (2019) ISBN: 978-1925905045 An experimental fusion of free verse poetry and prose by Australian authors Frank Prem and Cage Dunn to tell the story of a Valkyrie and her mortal assassin/accomplice as they mete justice and vengeance.
The New Asylum A memoir of psychiatry (2019) ISBN:978-09751442-8-2 A free verse memoir of a lifetime growing up with and experiencing public sector psychiatry in Victoria (Australia), from the 1960s to the present day.
Frank Prem Contacts and Social Media
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/frankprem2
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvfW2WowqY1euO-Cj76LDKg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frank_prem
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B07L61HNZ4
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18679262.Frank_Prem
