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"
Hooray hooray for the month of May! Another first – Oxford University have finally elected a woman as Professor of Poetry! Ruth Padel, great-great-grandaughter of Charles Darwin (and cousin of my fellow Glamorganite, Emma Darwin). Her election comes somewhat soured by the late withdrawal of Nobel laureate, Derek Walcott, but you can read about that …
A Dark Feathered Art 