Poet, Author, Performer | Valerie Pybus, Sydney

VALERIE PYBUS:

Diploma of Professional Children's Writing (ACJ) Australian College of Journalism.
Past President of The Society of Women Writers NSW Inc.
Past President of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, Manly and Peninsular Regional.
Certificate in Auslan Sign Language with four years training.
Winner of multiple awards and showcased in many short story anthologies, such as - Sour Grapes, Sharcs, Breathless in the Bush, The Buteman.
Author 46 Travel Stories published in Magazine Free XpresSion.
Judge for Rolf Bouldrewood Poetry competitions.
Sings in the chorus of Rockdale Opera Company - previously travelled to China, Malta and Sicily singing with the Beethoven Society.

BOOKS:

Pause a Moment

- more than 100 poems

A Score and More

- Twenty short stories about animals and a further collection of enchanting poetry.

POETRY:

BLOW WIND BLOW

Blow wind blow, assail me with your might,

enter my nostrils, my throat, my soul.

Lift me from this earth-bound state

ride with you to tickle ocean waves,

dance with rivers, tumble with snow.

Merrily chase leaves, slide down rainbows,

for you will leave me, as lovers do

when I sleep in that silent place

where no winds blow.