Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Type | 2 pages |
| Media of output | |
| Publisher | Association of Stories in Macao |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Place of Publication | Macao, China |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789996542817 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Publication series
| Name | The house is not quiet and the world is not calm: poetry from Canberra |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Association of Stories in Macao |
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From Data collection #3. / MAGEE, Paul.
2 p. Macao, China : Association of Stories in Macao. 2014, 2 pages. (The house is not quiet and the world is not calm: poetry from Canberra).Research output: Textual Creative Works › Other contribution
TY - GEN
T1 - From Data collection #3
AU - MAGEE, Paul
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The poets of Canberra (and its region) differ widely in techniques and preoccupations. There has never been and 'Canberra School' as such, though Les Murray once bestowed on the poets of this city and region that unhelpful appellation. There has been no pressure on the poets here to represent Canberra's cityscape - ot its surrounding landscapes. Most of the poets sampled write in their own versions of free verse (including a kind of loose iambic). Others consider that the traditional recources of strict metre and formal rhyme are far from exhausted. A few are involved with English version of Japanese forms, such as tanka and haiku. Partly through monthly readings at The Gods Cafe (and its predecessors over many years), most Canberra poets are more than aware of their contemporaries around the country and submit their poems widely to national newspapers, journals and e-zines. The anthology begins with a single indicative poem from each of the now-deceased poets who established Canberra's poetic tradition. The differing space allowed to living poets reflects, to a considerable degree, the numbers of collections they have published. It's also based on our assessment of what was submitted to us as their best work. In most cases there are enough poems for the reader to form a preliminary sense of the poet's preoccupations and technical range
AB - The poets of Canberra (and its region) differ widely in techniques and preoccupations. There has never been and 'Canberra School' as such, though Les Murray once bestowed on the poets of this city and region that unhelpful appellation. There has been no pressure on the poets here to represent Canberra's cityscape - ot its surrounding landscapes. Most of the poets sampled write in their own versions of free verse (including a kind of loose iambic). Others consider that the traditional recources of strict metre and formal rhyme are far from exhausted. A few are involved with English version of Japanese forms, such as tanka and haiku. Partly through monthly readings at The Gods Cafe (and its predecessors over many years), most Canberra poets are more than aware of their contemporaries around the country and submit their poems widely to national newspapers, journals and e-zines. The anthology begins with a single indicative poem from each of the now-deceased poets who established Canberra's poetic tradition. The differing space allowed to living poets reflects, to a considerable degree, the numbers of collections they have published. It's also based on our assessment of what was submitted to us as their best work. In most cases there are enough poems for the reader to form a preliminary sense of the poet's preoccupations and technical range
M3 - Other contribution
SN - 9789996542817
T3 - The house is not quiet and the world is not calm: poetry from Canberra
PB - Association of Stories in Macao
CY - Macao, China
ER -