As a collector of bush poetry I can tell you that at one time, depending on where you lived in the world, the most popular poets in the world were Kipling, Paterson, and Service. ( I own a First American Edition of Rhymes of a Red Cross Man) Their work was printed and reprinted in newspapers when that was the primary entertainment in the world. Imagine a time when a poet is held in the same awe and admiration as a Jim M orrison or Kurt Cobain or a Prince Who Formerly Thought He Was an Artist.

Don