For our final meeting of the year, the Fringe Myrtles were treated to an illuminating presentation on tanka, the classical Japanese poetic form that has endured for over a millennium. Our presenter, Rodney Williams, is the contributing editor at Catchment – Poetry of Place, part of the Baw Baw Arts Alliance in Kurnai country, Gippsland, Victoria.
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With its first edition (from December last year) well received, Catchment – Poetry of Place will release a second issue on 21 June 2024. Again, it will publish both tanka and longer free-verse poems, showing a sense of location. Since the submission period is set to close soon — on 21 May — poets resident in Australia are encouraged to make contributions, using the following link:
https://www.bawbawartsalliance.org.au/catchment2/on-line-submissions/
The submission period for the second edition of Catchment – Poetry of Place will span from 21 March till 21 May 2024.
Poets resident in Australia are again most welcome to submit work showing a sense of location, either in tanka or longer forms, or both.
The Baw Baw Arts Alliance – in West Gippsland, Victoria – is proud to announce the online release of the first edition of Catchment – Poetry of Place, accessible through this link:
https://bawbawartsalliance.org.au/Catchment
Readers will find tanka from just under two dozen Australian poets, as well as a range of longer pieces. Submissions have come from all over Australia, with a sense of place also showing through in work inspired by international locations. Catchment proudly presents poetry from Japanese and Western cultural traditions in parallel, while likewise offering work by emerging writers, alongside contributions from established poets.
Rodney Williams
Editor
Catchment – Poetry of Place offers a new opportunity for poets resident in Australia, both in tanka and longer verse forms. Catchment is a literary journal within the website for the Baw Baw Arts Alliance, based in West Gippsland, Victoria.
Continue reading “Reminder for Australian tanka poets – Catchment submissions close 21 November”Catchment – Poetry of Place offers a new opportunity for poets resident in Australia, both in tanka and longer verse forms. Catchment is a literary journal within the website for the Bawbaw Arts Alliance, based in West Gippsland, Victoria.
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