Under Different Skies

Joan Sampson Tucker was born in England, of Anglo-Welsh parentage. The experience ofhaving lived half her life in the UK and theother half in Tasmania has afforded her aninsight which is both subjective and objectiveregarding both hemispheres, a privilegeshe has felt compelled to exploit in this anthology."Her approach to the two worlds of her poetry is perceptive, sympathetic and motivated by an affection and knowledge which never lapses into sentimentality" (Bruce Dawe)The collection covers a very wide spectrum ofthemes, from the profoundly serious to thelight and incongruous, so these poems havebeen grouped under eight title-pageheadings, reflecting all the influentialaspects of life from which herinspiration has sprung.