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Articles and reviews
Articles and reviews written by Jackson
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If you’re a poet, novelist, or other creative writer, you’ve probably heard that you should steer clear of clichés—overused figures of speech like “steer clear”—if you want to be published or win competitions. But why? What’s wrong with them? Why writers should avoid clichés Clichés are lame Clichéd descriptions like “her heaving breast” and “his… Read more
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Especially if you’re new to writing and publishing, you might think you don’t need to edit your poetry. After all, the poems we love to read seem so effortless. Surely the words were directly inspired by the Universe and could never have been anything other than what they are? Read more
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Recently I saw a podiatrist. As she felt my feet she said, “Any plans for the weekend?” “I’m teaching poetry workshops,” I said. “Hanging out with friends, too, but mainly I’ll be working.” I didn’t explain that “hanging out with friends” meant going to Perth’s weekly poetry event Perth Poetry Club, which I instigated in… Read more
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When you organise a show, publicity is the hardest thing to get right, and it seems WA Poets Inc and Fringe World got it right for this event, because it was sold out. About 150 denizens of the planet’s most isolated city, often derided as a philistine mining outpost, paid to see a poetry show. Read more
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Last night I took the number 22 bus up Beaufort Street to FringeWorld venue Noodle Palace for the opening night of Anthropoetry, written and performed by UK poet Ben Mellor and his musical sideman Dan Steele. Anthropoetry is billed as “a humorous, musical, spoken word journey around the human anatomy, attempting to get the measure… Read more
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I live in a rented house, and the lease ends next month. A couple of months before this happens, the real-estate agent ask me to sign a form saying whether or not I want to renew, and for how long. The form includes a warning that there may be a rent increase, but it doesn’t… Read more
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