Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
Well that’s it all done and dusted for Poetry Day. I’ve submitted my reports to the organiser (Hi Harley!), given all the entrants a chance to read the winning poems and to select their choice from a shortlist of ten, and sent the swag off to the lucky (and frighteningly-talented) winners. I know there are …
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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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A Dark Feathered Art 