Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
I don't know how widely this is known – The Academy of American Poets website has been collecting people's favourite lines of poetry, along with a short explanation of why it is that those particular words matter to them. It's called Life Lines, and is well worth a visit. (As is their Poetcast podcast. But …
Continue reading "Life Lines, Ear worms and Derek Walcott’s White Egrets"
So here we are, the second anniversary of the quake that broke my city. Two years. Seems like much less. And much more. Talking to other people, one of the things that is really clear is how fuzzy the memories of life pre-quake have become. I remember having lunch at the Strip occasionally, and how …
I’ve been spending a bit of time lately trying to think of better (or at least more interesting) titles for some of my new poems. Having three current ones that languished as ‘untitled’ was one of the things that prompted me, as was getting a copy of James Wright’s Above the River: The Complete Poems. …
Hooray, I’ve just written my first poem for the year! (Yes, I know it’s February already – return your gaze to the post title for a moment. See? I realise it may seem as though I create the titles first and then organise my life – or at least my posting schedule – to follow …
Continue reading "And so the year begins (… better late than never)"
Ah dear. Here we are, almost finished January, and I’ve not managed to get my shit together long enough to post anything for ages. Forgive me, dear readers. Life has been getting rather thoroughly in the way. The day before my Very Understanding Husband was supposed to start his week of proper holiday time, he …
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A Dark Feathered Art 