JULY 2018 ARTeFACT Magazine

Local poet’s literary work now on display at
Little Bridge Street Pocket Park
June 2018
Shoppers can now view the literary work of local poet Nathan Curnow at the Little Bridge Street Pocket Park.
Mr Curnow was selected to create a public display of his literary works, which includes four poems portraying life in
urban Ballarat, drawing inspiration from the local identities, sights and sounds of the site of the Pocket Park.
The poems inscribed onto seats were installed at the Little Bridge Street Pocket Park recently. They read:
Put it all down and take a seat
Pull out a snack from your shopping
Listen to the trumpeter busking a tune
With every visit this park is growing
Killing time takes real devotion
Stare at the flags and masts of your town
And the buses coming rolling down Bakery Hill
It may be cold but we lean to the sun
If you feel like a square of the Eureka Flag
That’s hopelessly lost and tattered
Remember you’re as precious as a corner piece
We search for you first to get started
There is something big on Little Bridge
Not a beanstalk that leads to a giant
But another day in the life of Ballarat
All of this gold at the surface
Background:
The City of Ballarat’s Public Art Advisory Committee worked with the Ballarat Writer’s Festival to select the final
poems using a ‘blind selection’ method.
The Little Bridge Street Pocket Park project forms part of the transformation of the Little Bridge Street precinct, aimed
at encouraging community use and improving safety in the area.
The Little Bridge Street Pocket Park project will strengthen community connection and engagement with the site,
improve facilities and increase safety in the area.
The Little Bridge Street Pocket Park project is funded by the Victorian Government Community Crime Prevention
Program and the City of Ballarat.
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