Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
Yes, it’s that time of year again – the sap is flowing, the garden is rioting, the blackbirds are going bonkers, and the Canterbury Poets’ Collective annual Poetry in Performance readings series is just around the corner. Once again, Covid and the general Bosheit of the universe ( it sounds funkier in German) has meant …
For those who want a sneak peak at a couple of poems from the book: I’m reading at the SIWA/NZSA Political Poetry event at Space Academy, 7-9 pm on August 18th. Woohoo!
I know winter feels as though it will never depart, but it will. There are buds just starting to colour on my plum trees, the blackbirds are fighting for territory, and every time I turn around there seems to be another flourish of jonquils. But even more certainly a harbinger of spring-to-come, it is now …
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Super quick post, just to (somewhat belatedly) draw attention to some events happening in Christchurch during the week of Poetry Day this year. (I know, but what else can I call it?) Quite apart from the vast number of poetry competitions being held across New Zealand (including takahē magazine’s Hunt Ducker comp, the Given Words comp, and …
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Blossom all over the lawn? Check. Blackbirds having dogfights through the trees? Check. A mixture of t-shirts and wooly jumpers strewn about the house Because Of The Freakin’ Weather? Check. An almost uncontrollable urge to get up in front of strangers and air my new poems? Check. That can only mean one thing … The Spring Readings …
