Inge Meldgaard

The Dance of Time

Born in Denmark in 1953, I migrated to Australia with my family in 1957. After spending my school years in Yallourn, I moved to Melbourne in 1970 to attend Monash University. Having graduated with a science degree in 1975, I worked in various fields, such as youth work, teaching, politics (with a s…






Dance, my little one,
My flower from a new dawn;
You are my laughter,
My dreaming, my joy, my hope;
Lost child of my restless youth.

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