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Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet

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Posted on 6 March 200812 May 2008

Poetry and Music

I use music a lot when I write. A lot of my poems have been written to what amounts to a a "theme song" – a piece (or pieces) of music that fits the emotional texture of the poem. That takes me back into the emotions that the poem is coming from. Writing being the …

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Posted on 1 March 200812 May 2008

The fraught business of reviewing

I have a confession to make. I'm a coward. I've been browsing through some other peoples' blogs – specifically, the blogs of some other NZ poets –and getting quite twitchy. You see, I have no litcrit. I can't talk the talk, let alone walk the walk. And, to be honest, the only time I wish …

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Posted on 27 February 200812 May 2008

Current work in progress

Part of the trouble at the moment is that I have about a dozen poems that I'm semi-writing. Which sounds good, but isn't. They start to interfere with each other – ideas jumping poem mid-stanza, emotional tone blurring across, etc etc. I have no known upper limit for self-sabotage. My writing friends are very kind …

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Posted on 26 February 200812 May 2008

Procrastination as an artform

Another year, another set of excuses. (And yes, I know it's the end of February – you did read the title of this post, didn't you?) Every year I try to start out with a new workbook. Which is pretty discouraging if the old workbook isn't even half filled. But that's the way it seems …

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R4W: Odyssey by Anthology

Our annual look back at the previous year via the lens of The Best American Poetry, The Best Canadian Poetry in English and The Forward Book of Poetry.

A combination of discussion and writing exercises, suitable for all levels. And now with three venues!

For full details of all this year’s classes, see Classes for 2021 for information or Current Classes to enrol.

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