Still Lives

This poem was commissioned by Red Room Poetry for Marrickville High School. In August 2011, two one-day poetry workshops were conducted in the school's library. They were run by Australian poet Dr. Lindsay Tuggle and former Education Director Tony Britten, respectively, who worked with Year 9, 10 and 11 students. Inspired by the Toilet Doors public poetry project and the concept of guerrilla poetry, participants experimented with forms like blackout poetry and newspaper collage poetry.

A special launch of poems and artworks produced during the workshops was held in the library on Monday 2 April 2012, where Lindsay also performed 'Still Lives'. Teacher Librarian Ms. Angela Rega edited and produced a stunning publication of student poems and photographs for the launch. You can read more about the project in this article from The Sydney Morning Herald.