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Australian Poetry and Tanka
8th posting of recorded readings for Tanka Tones – our second-last Stream!
With Edition 6 of Catchment – Poetry of Place released only three weeks back, on 21 June, our 8th Stream of readings for Tanka Tones has just been posted – All audio files offered for listening here online can…
With Catchment 6 released, a new approach with tanka too
To accompany our new edition – live online – this latest essay offers insights into ‘tanka twins’. Our co-editor Jo McInerney looks at tanka-doha by esteemed South Asian poet Kala Ramesh. These paired pieces owe debts to Kabir, a foremost…
Sixth set of Tanka Tones readings posted today – sixth issue of Catchment due out in a week!
With Edition 6 of Catchment – Poetry of Place set to go live online on 21 June, our sixth stream of readings for Tanka Tones has just been posted – Poets with work featured in today’s group of recordings…
A major poem of faith & place from one of Australia’s leading poets, Kevin Hart
On this last day for submissions to Catchment 6, we look at the work of Kevin Hart, who has won both the Victorian & NSW Premiers’ Awards for Poetry, as well as the Christopher Brennan Award for a long-term contribution…
4th posting in Tanka Tones – inside a week left to submit to Catchment 6, by 21 May
Australian poets wishing to contribute to our sixth issue of Catchment have only until 21 May to offer new work showing a sense of location, in either tanka or free verse. If you are not acquainted with our approach, please…