Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
It’s getting closer – only five weeks to go. This week’s word cloud is made from the contents pages of Hannah Mettner’s Fully Clothed and So Forgetful, which took out the Jessie Mackay Award (aka the Best First Poetry Collection prize) at this year’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Again, you’d just about buy this for …
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This week’s word cloud is made from the Contents pages of Elizabeth Smither’s lovely Night Horse, which took out Best Poetry Collection at this year’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. (The colours of the cloud are taken from the book cover, because I like to play with that sort of thing.) And while it’s true that you …
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To help you warm up for the 24-Hour Poem Competition, I thought I’d give you a weekly word-cloud to contemplate. Who knows, maybe it’ll even get you writing something. This week it’s made up of words from the competition blurb. In coming weeks I’ll give you clouds made from the contents pages of the five …
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Some very blatant pimping: I’m putting together two things for this year’s National Poetry Day, which takes place on Friday August 24th. The first, as those of you who visit regularly may have feared, is my own version of the CV2 Two-Day Poem Contest: The 2018 National Poetry Day 24-Hour Poem Competition Yep, that’s right. …
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A Dark Feathered Art 