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> 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 -------------------------------------------------------- Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]> Poems at Proximity: www dot proximity dot webhop dot net My life is like a movie that everyone but me has seen --------------------------------------------------------