ME - IN ONE HUNDRED WORDS

The following was written for a Campbelltown U3A Writers' group. The task was to write "Me" in only one hundred words. It is a quite daunting task actually. Groupings of the stanzas tend to reflect the various periods of my life.

In a sense

we are each

a product

of the places

where we have lived.

My story?

Born at Prospect,

baby at Quorn.

Three years at Swan Reach,

then Nepabunna in the Flinders

and back to Prospect.

Gerard in the Riverland,

Eden Hills,

Oodnadatta.

Prospect again,

Kilburn,

Hampstead,

Magill,

Maylands.

An old "family home" at Grange.

Married while back at Nepabunna.

Hillcrest,

Grange,

Lameroo.

Amata APY Lands,

Orroroo.

Fulham Gardens,

Henley Beach,

Blackwood,

Eden Hills.

Port Augusta,

Quorn,

Sydney.

Unley,

Bellevue Heights,

Burra and Iwantja APY Lands,

Athelstone,

Lightsview and Laura.

Mmm… I wonder.