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Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet

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Tag: favourite poems

Posted on 31 August 200931 August 2009

Poems that make your world (part 2)

Hope you all had a good weekend, and took the opportunity to think about favourite poems. When it came to writing them down, I found it quite hard to limit myself to just the five. I haven't tried to give anything terribly intellectual in the way of explanation for my choices either. John Donne, A …

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Posted on 28 August 2009

Poems that make your world (part 1)

I've had lots of positive feedback about the “Touchstone Poems” session at the launch. The thing that fascinated me was how many people seemed hungry for that sort of discussion and commentary. I know I am – it's one of the reasons why I love books like 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem and …

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