Guest author: Frank Prem ~ A poet reads… II

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Poet and author, Frank Prem, kindly agreed to be my guest. His first reading from Small Town Kid, was very well received and today he returns with a second recording, Devil in the Wind…

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Frank Prem has been a storytelling poet for forty years. When not writing or reading his poetry to an audience, he fills his time by working as a psychiatric nurse. . He has been published in magazines, zines and anthologies, in Australia and in a number of other countries, and has both performed and recorded his work as ‘spoken word’. . He lives with his wife, musician and artist Leanne Murphy, in the beautiful township of Beechworth in northeast Victoria (Australia).

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Small Town Kid (Frank Prem Memoir Book 1) by [Prem, Frank]Small Town Kid is the experience of regional life as a child, in an insular town during the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, remote from the more worldly places where life really happens, in a time before the internet and the online existence of social media.

It is a time when a small town boy can walk a mile to school and back every day, and hunt rabbits with his dog in the hours of freedom before sundown. He can hoard crackers for bonfire night and blow up the deputy school master’s mailbox in an act of joyous rebellion.

It is a time when a small town teenager will ride fourteen miles on a bicycle for his first experience of girls, and of love. A time when migrating from a foreign country to a small town means his family will always feel that they are strangers, while visitors to the town are treated like an invading host.

It is also the remembrance of tragedy for inexperienced friends driving on narrow country roads.

This collection of poems and stories shares the type of childhood that has mostly disappeared in contemporary times. Come and revisit it here, in the pages of a Small Town Kid.

Buy your copy at Amazon Australia, Amazon UK and Amazon.com

Amazon Reviews of Small Town Kid:

“Frank Prem is a storyteller and poet of an unusual kind. He writes about everything with a vision most of us do not see until he brings it forth.”

“Frank Prem’s chronological journey from infancy to the present has a familiar feel to it; almost as if you were take a walk through your own memory lane to recall the innumerable small, but unforgettable moments that make up a life. Frank’s style is minimalist, with plenty of room to fill in the blanks with your own conjecture or possible parallel memories. Written about an Australian town that was a gold-rush town in its day, it touches on those times as well as describes the landscapes there. Frank’s work is approachable, understandable, and sensitive in its handling of the most delicate of subjects.“

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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19 Responses to Guest author: Frank Prem ~ A poet reads… II

  1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr's avatar rivrvlogr says:
    April 2, 2019 at 19:34

    You give a most compelling reading.

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  2. Frank Prem's avatar Frank Prem says:
    April 2, 2019 at 22:29

    Hi Sue,

    Thank you once again for your support and assistance. These were such fun to do. Another reading tonight at a local library.

    If any reader – I should say listener, perhaps – looking for Devil In The Wind, the paperback is in pre-release at all good online booksellers, and I’m thinking I may be able to upload the e-book for Kindle today.

    Here is the amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Devil-Wind-voices-saturday-bushfires/dp/097514426X

    Cheers,

    Frank

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  4. Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
    April 2, 2019 at 22:37

    The feeling is well conveyed, Frank. Bush fires are so frightening.

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    • Frank Prem's avatar Frank Prem says:
      April 2, 2019 at 23:25

      They are, Eliza, thank you.

      And the survivors are expected to just soldier on, for the most part, despite the extreme trauma they’ve been through.

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      • Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
        April 3, 2019 at 00:13

        The body remembers trauma, so treatment is a must. The sooner, the better. Left untreated, it grows and ripples outward in unpredictable ways like a poison. ‘The Body Keeps the Score’ by Bessel van der Kolk, MD is recommended reading, outlining the latest research in case anyone is interested.

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  5. Frank Prem's avatar Frank Prem says:
    April 3, 2019 at 01:36

    Reblogged this on Seventeen Syllable Poetry and commented:
    Reading from Devil In The Wind.

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  6. OIKOS™- Art, Books & more's avatar OIKOS™-Publishing says:
    April 3, 2019 at 17:08

    Sounds great, even here – beside the internet – we saved the situation. Thank you, and best wishes, Michael

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  7. dgkaye's avatar dgkaye says:
    April 4, 2019 at 01:17

    Scary stuff indeed. Wonderful listening again. 🙂

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  8. willowdot21's avatar willowdot21 says:
    April 4, 2019 at 13:05

    Hi Frank, I enjoyed your reading 😀

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  9. willowdot21's avatar willowdot21 says:
    April 5, 2019 at 17:57

    Frank on listening again I have to say why I enjoyed your reading. Because you took me right into the mist of those fires, right into the lives of those people. Thank you Frank .💜

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