Catchment News & Views
Edition 4 Is on Its Way!
Thank you to all our poets! Submissions for Catchment – Poetry of Place Edition 4 are now closed, and we’re deep into the review process. With a rich and diverse selection of place-inspired poetry, this edition promises to be one…
A further essay in response to a longer piece of poetry of place
Being released on this last day of submissions for Edition 4 of Catchment, you will find below the text of a poem written by a Melbourne-based writer named Helene Richards, who lives and works on the country of the Kulin…
Editor’s introductory note – Essay on Tanka as Poetry of Place
Written by Jo McInerney, as a fellow member of the editorial team here at Catchment, the following discussion of tanka as poems of place (both in traditional and contemporary contexts) is intended to broaden understanding about this Japanese-based poetic form.…
Catchment takes a new direction: an evaluative essay on published poetry of place
The piece of poetry of place given below appears in ruby moonlight, a prize-winning collection of poems written by leading Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckerman, published by Magabala Books. Catchment – Poetry of Place gives its deepest thanks to the…
A new stream in this catchment… with submissions opening for Edition 4 on 21 March 2025
Poets can begin to make contributions to Edition 4 of Catchment – Poetry of Place on 21 March, 2025, with this latest submission window to remain open till 21 May. Set to go live online on 21 June, the journal’s…