Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Genesis 1:31 Given that we seem to be living in Apocalyptic times, I thought it might be worth flipping back to the early parts of the Christian bible for inspiration …
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Welcome to Day Five! Write a poem that uses each of your five senses in turn to describe the experience of a day in your (real or imagined) life. As always, it’s about details – be specific, and go beyond the obvious. Try playing with perspectives – near and far, up and down, inside and …
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Today’s task is to write a list poem of at least sixteen lines on the theme of the things that support you. How you interpret “support” is up to you. Physically. Emotionally. Economically. Socially. Technical support. Architectural supports. However you want to take it. The key here is to use lots of really specific detail. …
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… and still the [redacted]s keep dying on me! It was bad enough when Mary Oliver died in January. Then WS Merwin and Linda Gregg in March. And then Les Murray (April 29th, although I found out much later). And Stanley Plumly, also in April, who I’d corresponded with from time to time when I …
Halfway point! By now some of you may well be feeling despair at ever getting it done. I hear you: I too have felt this pain, and it’s why I switched to running a competition rather than entering one. (Although this year’s issues have called that choice into question as well …) Persist! Courage! You’ll …
A Dark Feathered Art 