Infantilisms
Infantilisms concerns the work of serious culture, which for the philosopher Charles Fourier (the presiding spirit here) is deathly. Infantilism, by contrast, is the…
Axolotl Waltz
i’d be lying if i was telling the truth In axolotl waltz, Nathan Shepherdson steers a rusty trolley with its wobbly wheel as he…
I’ve Been Called Away
An uncompromising avant-gardist when young, Chester wrote brilliant poetry and strongly influenced younger friends he mentored. The names of some of them – Robert…
Alchemy of the Sun
Alchemy of the Sun is a book about journeys. Sent to “open up the country”, ignorant of Aboriginal strategies for coping with the terrain…
High Spirits
“Paul Mitchell has a deep love of the human condition and celebrates it with warm, witty,wise and wonderful words. He peers deeply into the…
Sanctuaries
Diane Fahey builds on an already rich body of poetry about birds with this fresh tribute to their exquisite intelligence, grace and splendour as…
The Horizon Shifts Sideways
The Horizon Shifts Sideways has arisen out of the poet’s deep engagement with the observed world. Her work displays an informed curiosity about the…
The Diwan of Nawid
“The Diwan of Nawid is like nothing else in Australian poetry—a spiritual text of sublime beauty in which we follow the struggles, questionings, and…
the seven-eight count of unstoppable sadness
who will become the pitch and cadence the seven-eight count of unstoppable sadness? (from ‘trees’, p35) written 2008 to 2022, these poems in six…
Coming to Nothing
Within this robust and delicate collection, Morgan Yasbincek simultaneously explores and invokes a constellation of poetic voices that all, ultimately, resolve into the nothing…
