excellent Janet, congratulations. I'll have to see about axquiring one
of them tomes.
as to trying hard & failing, I don't know enough about it to assess
whether the finnish postmodern counterparts fail or not. I don't like
them, hence they fail for me
KS
On 28/06/07, Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I get
> > the feeling that current finnish poetry is all about being
> > cutting-edge & superinnovative & "[post+POST]-mode-rn"", it annoys me.
>
> I get the same feeling about a fair bit of
> current 'established' Australian poetry.
> It tries too hard, and ends up failing.
>
> This seems a good moment to mention a new anthology (which I'm in!),
> The Weighing of the Heart. An anthology of "emerging" (whatever
> that means) Western Australian poets. In contrast to the
> 'establishment', the poems are... fresh, that's the word I'd use.
> And with feet on the ground, as Kasper says, but hearts in the sky.
>
> Introduction by John Kinsella.
> Can be had for AUD$25 from Sunline Press, via the contact form
> on their website:
> http://www.sunlinepress.com.au/
>
> My one criticism of the anthology (apart from a teeny misprint in
> my poem!) is that there are too many women in it and not enough men.
> But that probably isn't the editors' fault -- it reflects the general
> state of poetry around here.
>
> Janet
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