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Acceptance – A Poem by Norm Wotherspoon

Acceptance – A Poem by Norm Wotherspoon

23-05-2021

Acceptance By Norm Wotherspoon, Lived Experience Representative   When I waken, screaming in the darkness At the early…

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Lorikeet Open Your Mind Poetry Competition 2020

Lorikeet Open Your Mind Poetry Competition 2020

19-11-2020

This year the theme for the Lorikeet Open Your Mind Poetry Competition was ‘Milestones & Memories’. Thank you…

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2020 Lorikeet Open Your Mind Poetry Competition

24-06-2020

Lorikeet’s Open Your Mind Poetry Competition is on again for 2020! Open to anyone with a mental illness…

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What Change Means to You – Lorikeet Poetry Competition

What Change Means to You – Lorikeet Poetry Competition

26-03-2019

The Theme for Lorikeet’s Open Your Mind poetry competition 2019 is: “What change means to you.” This could…

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My Bedside Table is a Library

29-06-2018

Into the sanctuary of books I fall, hear narrative’s call quell clamour of all those other voices. In…

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