Poem that received a Highly Commended award in the WARM Writing Competition 2010

This poem expressed my emotions following the death of a close friend. As I have said before I do not consider myself a poet, however at the moment, poetry is all I am writing.

Breath

Breath is all that separates,
Me from you,
Now…
So often lately,
I have to remind myself to exhale,
My torso holding my breath in,
Like an unconscious desire,
I have to tell my body to release the air,
Let it escape there.

Cause deep down I know,
It is this simple thing,
These air vapours passing across my tongue,
They are all
That separates me from you.

You lay on the road,
Your life was going,
That day I became breathless,
For no real reason,
But now I know why,
Cause you were leaving,
My body knew.

And now I remind myself,
Breathe, Sue,
Breathe…
Cause sometimes somewhere deep,
I must remember,
It’s the only thing separating me from you.

Film and Television

Hey there!

In a couple of weeks I am going to embark on another subject at QUT, film and television script writing. It should be good and interesting to see how to write this type of work. I hope I can come up with a good idea for a 15 minute drama script. If anyone has done film script writing please feel free to leave any comments on here. I know that with other subjects in the post grad Creative Industries area it is best to prepare yourself with an idea before you start the subject. Notoriously, I usually have an idea but wish to think of something new, this is not always a good strategy. : )

I am trying to be more prepared this time. Regardless of this I am excited to do this subject. I am moving house again, I cannot believe it. But after I have moved I hope my life can get into some kind of groove, as they say.

So if you have anything to share about script writing, feel free. Until next post. Happy writing or happy experimenting. : )