COLOURING IN - Tecno-Libro

This collection of linked tanka between two Australian and two American poets reminds us how exciting it is to colour outside the lines. Unexpected responses enliven the series as poets from different hemispheres move through the four seasons. For example, Fielden&rsquo.s final lines in &lsquo.Hope Springs Eternal&rsquo., &lsquo.to swim without a wet suit / weightless meditation&rsquo., is countered with Whitman'.s startling &lsquo.a gap opens&hellip.rip tide/time to renew marriage vows&rsquo.. In &lsquo.Sunlight Between Dark Pools&rsquo., Jacobson&rsquo.s charming &lsquo.Bogong moth/fluttering on the floor/beside me&hellip. / we move together / when the music starts&rsquo., is rejoined by Nakano&rsquo.s humorous &lsquo.quite a plain girl / wearing muted colours / they dance all night / as I watch, wondering / what'.s she got that I haven&rsquo.t?&rsquo. .Playful, revelatory, hopeful and nostalgic, the tanka in Colouring In remind us of what it is like to be human. - .Margaret Chula,