Poets' Corner with Bob Magor

Our Poets' Corner guest for November is Bob Magor.

As a six-year-old Bob had two dreams, but only one made sense. He wanted to become a farmer like his father and grandfather. That was a normal career path. The other dream after being exposed to bush poetry by his dad, was to become a bush poet like his hero Banjo. That didn’t make sense. Looking back half a century later with ten books of verse and a multitude of awards he found he had achieved both his dreams.

Over the years Bob has won four Bush Laureate awards at Tamworth and on three occasions he has won the coveted Bronze Swagman award at Winton in Queensland, which is the biggest written competition in Australasia for bush poets. He is on the Bush Poet Wall of Renown in Tamworth and he is the only poet to be inducted into the Hands of Fame by the SA Country Music Club at their Barmera museum.

Running his farm these days by organized neglect and never guilty of allowing the truth get in the way of a good story he continues to be a crowd pleaser as he travels Australia entertaining and gathering more strange stories.

This promises to be an entertaining night of great tales told in verse. (some may even be true!)

And don't forget, you can bring along your own poem and participate in our open mic session.