Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially. – Socrates I have now read through all poems at least four times – twice or more yesterday, and twice or more today. It's both better and worse than I feared. Better in that there are …
Continue reading "Whittling soberly – the preliminary deliberations"
Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. – Abe Fortas Today my sack of poems from the NZPS 2011 International Haiku Competition arrived. This is my first time judging for the NZPS, and I'm feeling a strange surge of pleasurable anticipation. I know from …
Continue reading "‘An island entire’ – judging the NZPS 2011 Haiku comp"
A Dark Feathered Art 