Steve Cotterill
Veteran Poet Laureate (August 2024)
Steve Cotterill is the Veteran Community’s inaugural Poet Laureate. This appointment recognises Steve’s interest in creative writing, and poetry specifically, including exhibiting his works with ANVAM during the annual March to Art exhibition.
Role of the Poet Laureate
The intention of the role of Poet Laureate in the Veteran Community is to elevate and promote poetry as a valuable medium for veterans to embrace and engage with.
In this role, Steve aims to develop his own poetry works in response to events in the Veteran Community, while using the opportunity to foster a community of creative writers and poets.
The Veteran Community has a deep history and tradition of poetry. The role of Poet Laureate will capture contemporary works and record them for posterity. Steve will lead this process, and welcomes members of the current and ex-ADF communities and families engaging with him to share their interest in poetry.
Steve can be contacted at: steve.cotterill @ anvam.org.au
This debut poetry collection, as i am, is about Steve’s journey back to his authentic Self. His path has been one of shedding the masks he acquired and wore over his life so that he would be accepted by others. This has been a reclamation of his sovereignty and of accepting himself, while moving on the spiral of his journey.
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