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Cynthia Rowe: A Clear View into Humanity and Nature
Australian poet and novelist Cynthia Rowe (1938 to 2025) was a significant voice in the haiku, tanka, and haibun world in Australia and overseas. Rowe was a genuine all-rounder, equally skilled across forms. She won awards throughout her writing life,…
Beside our fourth edition, an essay on Kris Hemensley’s ‘Topography’
This is the release date for Issue 4 of Catchment – Poetry of Place, to be found at Latest Edition. Readers may already have perused our earlier essays – here’s a new evaluation of topographic verse by Kris Hemensley too.…
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.…