First 2013 Class at the Fremantle Arts Centre, 18th January

WRITING AT THE CENTRE
Shane McCauley's first poetry class commences this Friday at the Fremantle Arts Centre. Why not join a dedicated group of writers from OOTA and the Fremantle community and learn from a Master.




Venue: Room 2, Upstairs North Wing, Fremantle Arts Centre
Day:   Friday, 18th January, 2013
Time:  10.00am - noon
Cost:  $20 OOTA member - $25 Non-OOTA member

Three with the Moon and My Shadow

‘I am three with the moon and my shadow,’

Said old Li Po, traversing the countryside

With responsibilities close on his heels.

The moon and a shadow – company enough

For any traveller who hopes he has not

Yet seen all the world has to offer.

Who can know the pleasures of longing’s

Painful tendrils who has never departed,

Never been banished? Who can know

How the dew grows on bamboo in moonlight

Who lies abed with a blanket on his dreams?

Strolling, then, the stars their only streetlights,

A frail moon, a smiling poet and his

Spindly shadow, to where the night ends,

Arm in arm like any three friends

After a revel.

          from Shadow Behind the Heart

          © Shane McCauley