Ed. by Julie Thorndyke
The Scribble Awards
It is my pleasure to announce the SCRIBBLE AWARDS for issue 40. The Distinctive Scribble Awards recognise
two outstanding poems from each issue of Eucalypt,selected and appraised by winners of the awards in the previous issue.
Vanessa Proctor and Joshua St. Claire
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Very exciting to get a mention in Sribble Awards. Thank you Gwen Bitti for the mention and lovely words about by haiku.
Another tanka that held my attention was Colleen Keating’s:
outside the window
as we launch his final book
pelican’s circle . . .
no one questions
his presence with us
I found the strength of this tanka lies in the quiet meeting of the natural and human worlds. Without explanation or sentimentality, the circling pelicans, a beautifully crafted pivot line become a symbol of presence and remembrance, with no explanation it allows the reader to feel the depth of the moment.