Poetry. Winner of the 2009 Interactive Publications Picks Best Poetry Award. WINGS OF THE SAME BIRD is an impressive collection grown from the mythological idea linking birds and the human world with divine realms just beyond ordinary experience. The poems connect birds with the journey of the human soul after death, representing them as primeval, cosmic, legendary, as messengers of the deities, symbols of war, death and misfortune, but also as profound harbingers of strength, love and wisdom. The poetry collection also handles grief from an objective, elevated and (excuse the pun) "bird's eye" perspective.

Author City: Melbourne AUS

Lorraine has read her poetry at Melbourne venues like Molly Bloom's, Melbourne Poets Union, The Dancing Dog and The Society of Women Writers (Vic); also in Ballarat, Castlemaine and Guildford. She has been a Featured Reader in several Writers Festivals. Her first poetry collection, What the Body Remembers, shared 2nd place in the Anne Elder Award 2004. Extracts were read in three ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Poetica programs. Two years after her husband's death, Lorraine joined the Ballarat Branch of Solace and recently undertook training as a Support Worker. It is most rewarding to help those who are widowed, the way she herself has been helped.