Publication Announcements by Noel Jeffs (Australia)

Jeffs, N. (2024). Ode to Warrigal Creek. Self-published.,
Jeffs, N. (2024). Roads to Stroud. Self-published.

“Ode to Warrigal Creek” is a poem which resonates with the shame for the massacre of the Gunaikurnai people by Angus MacMillan and others in South Gippsland, Australia, in 1843.

“Roads to Stroud” is two long poems, “Precipices” and “Grasping at Tears.” Illustrated by the author, they represent the journey to himself, to the historic village of Stroud, to the Friary of St. Bernadine of Sienna, and his religious community, the Society of St. Francis. They were long train rides from Sydney to Dungog and across to Stroud, in the Karuah Valley of New South Wales.

Noel Jeffs SSF is an Anglican Friar originally from Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Born in 1950, he has a master’s degree in Creative Writing from Sydney University and a master’s degree in Mental Health and has trained as a psychotherapist. Noel is a disabled person living alone who enjoys conversation, silence, and writing. He is an LGBTIQ elder and gay activist and is cared for by that community.

Noel Jeffs, SSF
Alexandria, Australia
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