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Australian Poetry and Tanka
Last posting made in big Catchment project Tanka Tones
This week has seen the culmination of a major project here in the Catchment website. Receiving very positive feedback, Tanka Tones has involved fortnightly postings of a total of 9 sets of recorded readings of poems in this short Japanese-based…
Driven from gold fields – finding riches in market gardens
Born during World War Two, Margaret Bradstock is a respected veteran of Australian poetry, widely published. Among nine collections of verse, her most recent book Alchemy of the Sun was released by Puncher & Wattmann in 2024. In an earlier…
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…