For the Record

<p><span style=color: rgba(105 105 105 1)>In his teens Ross Donlon had poems published in </span><em style=color: rgba(105 105 105 1)>The Bulletin</em><span style=color: rgba(105 105 105 1)> Australia's iconic journal and in 1965 the literary editor predicted 'an exciting future' for the young poet. Donlon's next poem was published thirty-three years later. In a 'second budding' he has had many poems published across Australia and overseas and read at festivals both at home and in Europe. </span><em style=color: rgba(105 105 105 1)>For the Record</em><span style=color: rgba(105 105 105 1)> charts his journey as a poet over five decades including the </span><em style=color: rgba(105 105 105 1)>Bulletin</em><span style=color: rgba(105 105 105 1)> poems and the later dark and comic poems for which he has become well-known.</span></p>