Today I run a Book Stall at the Pop Up Creatives Market here in Geelong (Newtown), along with the help of my Editor/Publisher, Judy. We didn’t sell many books, unfortunately the rainy day keep the patrons away. However my “Poem, Lucky Dip Bag” proved very popular, and we got to meet and chat with those who stopped by, and number a them opened up the poems and read their ‘lucky’ Tullawalla piece for me, and the smiles on the readers faces made my day …
The Market and my “Lucky Dip Bag”
Some of the other stalls
The stall opposite us. … Me and Judy behind our book stall display.
Overall, we had a very pleasant day at the Market and hopefully, I will be given another chance again soon …
“Itmims” is a poem I wrote in December 2018, when I was hospital, in an ‘Isolation Room’, and Itmims space craft was my imaginative means of escaping confinement.
Itmims (Tullawalla, page 60)
Welcome aboard my bubble ship, Itmims
Come fly with me into the unknown
We shall traverse time and space
Across the borders of level seven
Beyond the boundaries of intelligence
We’ll discover the story of Tullawalla
Capture the heart of a beautiful red-head
Learn about her journey of grace and bravery
Understand the depth of your soul
Show others what happens to the heart
Find your star, your colour, your lost art
Walk deserts in space, swim the Milky-way
Breathe the air I breathe, see what I see
Feel her soft red hair, on your cheek
Step inside my Itmims, sharing love on the high seas
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 