1. I asked year 11 students at Wodonga West to write five images for bad love; no explanations, just images. They then picked their favourites and wrote a group bad love poem. Dont you love that last line- putting it all into perspective! Brought back memories for me, of sneaking in to the house a little later than promised! This first poem is by Brooke, Jamie, Shaun, Luke.C, Dean, Leigh, Aron, Michael, Mitchell, Luke.G, Robert, Cindy, Danielle, Kade, Sarah, Sian, Kerrina, Chris, Asheley, Tara, Sheree, Sarah, Amanda and Kylie.This is an excercise I have previously run with my T.A.F.E students.
2. This is another poem by year 11 students at Wodonga West, and another great last line- laconically adding a very Australian voice to the whole poem.
3. Ben Townsend, a year 11 student from Wodonga West, handed in his own Bad Love poem. Ben's images of bad love were terrific- his images create a litany of bad loves and the last line is an apt conclusion.

Bad Love
Worried sick love
Love that's kept in the closet
Stain on your new pants love
Smelly locker room love
Pimple on first date love
Eating with mouth open love
Real emotional love
Stupid camera love
Love that tries to rule your life
Broken heart love
Spew your guts love
Bad timing love
Sick in the guts love
Trashed love
Stab in the back love
Copycat love
Lazy and unwilling love
No beer in the fridge love.

Love
Bad timing love
Too busy love
Hatred of love
Annoying people love
Drunken hangover love
Rainy day love
Broken zipper love
Failed exam love
Embarassing love
Yearning love
Falling over love
Kick in the teeth love
Closed off love
Worrying sbout love
Not loving love.