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'It is poetically satisfying, when gutsy is elegant and outspoken is gentle, when the snake nerve writhes with realization so that wonder is reborn accompanied by the music of new knowledge, by the rewards of a past paid for and a future fortified. The maturity of these poems, combined with the poet's belief in the redemptive power of poetry, is a cause for celebration.'
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These poems are, presented as entries in a prisoner's diary, one who is, by implication a prisoner of conscience. These entries, preceded by a brief prelude hinting at recurring themes, represent his thoughts and memories. He does not focus all the time on the daily realities of imprisonment, how could he, and remain sane? He looks back in time, remembering people and places, all the while visited, indeed, illuminated, by a white dove, whose presence...
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"Whimsy and from the heart, Libby Goodsir's words reflect what is to be human and to be a mother. Madeleine's images perfectly counterpoint Libby's words, adding a thousand new dimensions to the meditation. What a gift!" - Chris Gallagher
"A collection of 'images and words playing with what it is to be human / they asked to be put together'. Blue Pollen Beautiful is the result of a serendipitous collaboration between mother and daughter. Overruling...
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Flickering Lights is a collection of poems about refugee character. The author has been a friend of the Karen people (from Burma) for several years. Their struggle for peace and freedom, rarely mentioned in the media, has been, long and continues. Many Karen have been cruelly treated and displaced from their villages. Some have moved to border camps and others have recently resettled in Australia, the USA and other Western countries. These poems trace...
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'Another collection of experiences and imaginings from the watchful eye of the poet who gave us Afghanistan, waiting for the bus. Here, the poet weaves and gifts us with yet another, salusalu (garland) of memories of and a passion for people struggling to adapt to the realities of their environments, that at times constitute "land beyond repair" (Somewhere Islands) yet, continuing to live dignified and worthwhile lives, "strutting proud against the...
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Memoir and celebration, meditation and exploration, sketches and simple vignette, these are some of the varied fields through which Russell Erwin takes his readers in this latest collection, which bears the hallmarks of his earlier work – an attention to the physical, sensual world, unsurprising in one who makes his living by farming in the Southern Tablelands of NSW, a muscularity of language and a fondness for the striking image. But here it...
8) My Shout
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My Shout is a collection of poems reaching back to the 1970s and extending almost to the present. The author's interest in, and obsession with, the use of words began at Elizabeth Vale Primary School, as an old Strathmorean among other Ten Pound Poms in the halcyon days of an expanding education system. Gordon's working life, as a teacher of drama and of English was a constant reminder of, and inspiration to, his love of words and might well explain...
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With their seeking out of common ground between strangers, mothers and daughters, friends and lovers, Jane Williams's poems are full of warmth and delight in being alive. Bullies, funerals and 'business as usual' exist here, but so too does the possibility of being 'surprised by joy'. The language is beautifully sparse and understated, hitting home with sudden, images, which are startling and powerful. Begging the Question is a book to keep by the...
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Migration has played a large part in Australia's history and culture since 1788, and in this collection Adrian Rogers reflects on the migrant experience, evoking the northern hemisphere through his knowledge of Ireland and setting it against the reality of modern Australia, thereby highlighting both the differences and similarities between the two hemispheres, seeking in the end to reconcile both.
13) Stings in Tails
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14) Original Clichés
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'If Cliché is a democratically elected form of truth, then Rob Walker is sitting as an Independent and disrupting proceedings from the cross-benches. He's been warned by the Speaker.' – Mike Ladd (poet, founding presenter/producer of ABC RN's Poetica)
'Rob Walker's Original Clichés is a wry, sardonic, meta-poetic and often very funny exploration of politics, ageing, current affairs, fear, travel, human weaknesses, technology and much more....
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'Jill Gower's poems take us on journeys, back into her own past; into foreign countries; into the natural world of the bush and her garden which she so obviously loves and into the lives of others. Jill can recount a memory, evoke sympathy or capture a particular moment in time with honesty, colorful description or deft haiku. Jill also takes us on trains, and it is within her observations of fellow travelers and travelling companions (the man who...
18) At Large
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A former lecturer in Greek, Roman and Ancient Near Eastern history and literature at the University of Tasmania, Graeme Hetherington has spent much of his adult life living at large in Europe and Turkey to be closer to the source of his subject matter. More often than not, his response to his culturally charged surroundings has taken the form of poems rather than scholarly books and articles, as this collection, his sixth, bears out.
19) Spirit Eyes
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In 'Mount Cargill', a poem in Maurice Whelan's book Excalibur's Return, he described running up Mount Cargill in New Zealand with Richard O'Neill-Dean, to whom that volume was dedicated. Richard responded to Maurice's latest collection, Spirit Eyes, with a poem of his own, after discussing how Maurice sets about crafting a poem and the importance he attaches to a central thought or idea upon which the poem is constructed.
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