Comments on: ACT heat of Australian Poetry Slam http://www.traversepoetry.org/2009/10/23/act-heat-of-australian-poetry-slam/ home of the Traverse Poetry project... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:38:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: tomaz wahula http://www.traversepoetry.org/2009/10/23/act-heat-of-australian-poetry-slam/comment-page-1/#comment-716 tomaz wahula Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:10:47 +0000 http://www.traversepoetry.org/?p=394#comment-716 Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a secular celebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America during Ireland's Great Famine of the 1840s. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween) maybe a bit more tugging of the ol' forelock eh? Halloween (also spelled Hallowe’en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a secular celebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America during Ireland’s Great Famine of the 1840s.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween)

maybe a bit more tugging of the ol’ forelock eh?

]]> By: Malcolm Miller http://www.traversepoetry.org/2009/10/23/act-heat-of-australian-poetry-slam/comment-page-1/#comment-708 Malcolm Miller Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:02:25 +0000 http://www.traversepoetry.org/?p=394#comment-708 I won't be at the Haloween Slam, as I'm going to an opening night, being a theatre person. So I wish you all a good night. I think that the American version of Halloween is best left in America; it's neither a British nor an Australian tradition. We don't need to take over ideas from the Americans - we are capable of our own, including our own kinds of poetry. I won’t be at the Haloween Slam, as I’m going to an opening night, being a theatre person. So I wish you all a good night. I think that the American version of Halloween is best left in America; it’s neither a British nor an Australian tradition. We don’t need to take over ideas from the Americans – we are capable of our own, including our own kinds of poetry.

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