Johanna's BlogBrook Emery
b. 1949, Australia
Brook Emery has published three poetry collections, and dug my fingers in the sand (FIP 2000), which won the Queensland Premier’s Prize, Misplaced Heart (FIP 2003), and Uncommon Light (FIP 2007). All three were short-listed for the NSW Premier’s Prize. Individual poems have won the Newcastle Poetry Prize, The Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize, the Max Harris Award, and the Australian Sports Poetry Award. He has been a beach inspector, swimming instructor, removalist, railway worker and secondary school teacher. He lives in Sydney.
Brook Emery & Yr 3 Crown St Public School
A river winds through Pitt Street Mall,
speckled fish swim eagerly to work, children leap,
pick marshmallows from the trees; everyone stops
to say hello; cars dance, bikes ring silent bells
and the sky is filled with clowns, dancing.
Brook Emery Remains
