Local poet’s literary work now on display at Little Bridge Street Pocket Park

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 today.

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.