Poets and Cyclone Carlos

How to look after your poet in the event of a cyclone:

Whilst known to address issues common to humanity

poets are idiosyncratic

and unpredictable.

For these reasons

public emergency shelters do not accept poets.

 

Poets should be clearly identified.

 

What is a poet?

A poet

observes

reflects

offers hope

critiques and seeks

asylum in

word

play.

 

Poets sometimes hump visitors.

 

During these uncertain times

poets may be at risk

from flying objects

or self injury.

 

Comfort frightened poets.

 

If you find a poet

ill-treated

exhausted

wild –

keep in a dark box

in a quiet place

 

– and call this number.

from How to look after your poet in the event of a cyclone

NT Writers 2009

Available from http://www.ntwriters.com.au

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