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AUTHOR'S NOTE: I first visited TMAG in 2018 on a family holiday to Hobart, having previously found inspiration in a couple of mainland Australian paintings for formal poems in the style - or rather, one of the styles - of John Betjeman. As such, I visited TMAG half in search of further inspiration, which struck a few times; one such was in the form of this W. C. Piguenit painting (Faith, Hope and Charity Islands, Port Esperance, Tasmania), a work I found somewhat grim and muted in its Romantic fashioning. I have attempted to convey this in some form in the poem, and through the thoughts of its persona.
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