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Poetry, that oft-forgotten art, is sneaking back into life at UWA.

A group of poetry-loving graduates who form a group called Well Versed , have put together a program of poetry written by some of the better-known graduates from the past 100 years.

They will be performing works by Dame Alexandra and Sir Paul Hasluck, Dorothy Hewett, Randolph Stow, Fay Zwicky, Walter Murdoch, Nicholas Hasluck, Hal Colebatch, Bill Warnock and many more on Sunday 19 May for a UWA Historical Society Centenary celebration.

The group began public readings last year.  They entertained the Friends of the Reid Library at Christmas; they added value to the 1962 exhibition at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery; and presented a program at the Dolphin Theatre for GRADS, supported by Seniors' Week.

Theirs were the voices we heard during the spectacular LUMINOUSnight projection.

Could it be that these old friends and performers (one of whom is now in his 100 ^th year) are returning an art which had fallen from favour back to its rightful place on the Crawley campus?

Come and listen to Faith Clayton, Joan Pope, Collin O'Brien, Pat Stroud, Valerie Melrose, Rayden James, Philip Mackenzie and (centenarian) David Goodall in Australia and Beyond in the Old Senate Room, in the Irwin Street Building.

Tickets for the performance are $10 at the door, but reservations are advisable for this small venue.  To ensure a seat, call Joan Pope on 9385 9980 or 0488 935 501 or email [email protected]