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100 Years from Gallipoli Poetry ProjectMy project is called ‘100 Years from Gallipoli Poetry Project’, together with the ‘100 Years from Gallipoli Poetry Prize’.
The main outcome will be a publication of new poems from Australian and New Zealand poets matched with poems written before Remembrance Day 2011 and dating back to the mid 1800s.
The new poems will, I hope, reflect the diversity of views that surround the many military commemorations and anniversaries occurring today.
The older poems will illustrate changes that have occurred over time (to whom ‘Freedom’ applied at the turn of the 19th century was different from today) as well as how Australians and New Zealanders have viewed military actions and, at times, those involved such as the different treatment of Aboriginal and Maori soldiers to the changing role of women.
These poems will be complimented by photographs of war memorials from ‘country’ Australia and New Zealand.
Further information can be found by following the links at www.ozzywriters.com
