G'day, I'm Matt "Trucky" Langdon
How It all Began
I was having a conversation with mum a while back. She was talking about how little reading I do as an adult, or did as a child. Apparently as a kid, I would only read the bible, comics, (Garfield and Footrot Flats are still my favourites) and bush poetry. From this came a pssion to write bush poetry. In highschool I wrote a poem, not in bush verse, but it was about the bombing of London. This poem was awarded top marks. I started writing more and more, about my then girlfriend, my personal battles and even a corny shot at the commercialism of Valentine's Day. Looking back, I wish I had written more...
Why Bush Poetry?
I am not one to knock other writers, simply because I know what goes into writing any kind of literary work, no matter what that literary work is. That said, there are types of poetry that just aren't for me.
"The sky is blue
The grass is green
I feel mean!"
If that's your thing, happy days. Even though that was something I came up with to emphasise my point, even I can concede there are often hidden meanings. Even I've done that.
Okay, so why bush poetry?
Bush poetry is the thousand words of a picture. However, those thousand words can be any picture the reader paints.
"I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains
Of ragged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains"
From Dorothea Mackellar's "My Country"
It's hard not to create an image in your mind with each line. That's what I love about bush poetry, every line can tell a story and every story can paint a picture. And it's done so with a rugged romance of rhyming verse.
The Long Haul
Write, write and more writing! More bush poetry, more books, fiction, non-fiction, wherever life takes me. There will be pages on here dedicated to some of my spiritual work. Books, bible studies, poems, stories, psalms, songs, the list goes on. Only God Himself knows what will be achieved through this website. So buckle up, and I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I will.