Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
We’re coming up to the two-thirds mark, and I continue to be astonished at the steady trickle of poems coming in. We have a good couple of dozen to hand now. With some very quirky titles. Obviously judging a poem by its title is no better than judging a book by its cover. But, in both …
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The whooshing noise you can hear is the sound of people zipping back and forth madly, working up their poems for the competition. Nearly two hundred hits on the page so far. And just to up the ante somewhat, there are already three completed entries sitting in my inbox. I generally don’t use emojis, but there …
This, my dear dear readers, is the final word cloud before National Poetry Day. I hope you’ve enjoyed them so far, and maybe have clicked on the links to the various books to go and see what else their publishers have to offer. If these five word clouds haven’t filled you with the desire to get …
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This is the final word cloud from shortlisted books – coming to you from Sue Wootton’s The Yield. Marvel at the cloud itself, and contemplate what stunning titles the are. (I really need a kilo or two of whatever these five poets are on, to help with my own titles …) And just in case you’re …
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August is here, robes and ticket-stubs trailing behind it as it stumbles out of the taxi and up the driveway to your door. Today’s word cloud is from Briar Wood’s Rāwahi. This is a gloriously Kiwi word cloud, isn’t it? The Maori words of course anchor it here, but so do the references to other places …
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A Dark Feathered Art 