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All posts tagged "poetry"
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2.2KPoetry & Short StoriesPoet’s Corner – ‘Tasmania’s Appeal’
This poem was first published by The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser on Wednesday 7 October 1846. The author is...
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1.9KPoetry & Short Stories
Gondwana Gown
Shaking fog from your hips you beckon the dawn. Sun shafts find grey-greens, khakis; rock faces glow full frontal pink. Cinched by...
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Poetry – ‘Black Cockatoos’ & ‘Dove Lake’
This week's poems are by Ulverstone's Thérèse Corfiatis.
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Poet’s Corner – ‘Van Diemen’s Land’
This poem was first published by the Launceston Advertiser in December 1844. ‘Van Diemen’s Land’ By H.R. Know ye the land of...
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Poet’s Corner – ‘A Drinking Song’
This poem was first published by Van Diemen’s Land Temperance Herald in July 1846. ‘A Drinking Song’ By Mrs. Sigourney Drink, friends,...
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Poet’s Corner – ‘To Amy Sherwin’
This poem is about ‘Tasmanian Nightingale’ Amy Sherwin, a famed soprano singer of the late 1800s. Although born in Huonville and launching...
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David Hume – A Spit Of A Village
A Dream Washed Up She rests, like a hundred others, ignored and forgot. Tricycle cradled, blackberry wreathed and thistle jewelled, her complexion...
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Poet’s Corner – ‘Address to Tasmania’
This poem was first published by the Launceston Examiner on Saturday, 23 November 1844. The author is unknown. ‘Address to Tasmania’ Why...
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A Slam Fine Event
The 2020 Launceston Poetry Slam is going ahead this August.
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Poet’s Corner – ‘Tasmania’
This poem was first published by The Tasmanian Times (no relation!) on Saturday 8 February 1868. ‘Tasmania’ By Martha Hail Tasmania! sweet...
