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All That Remains explores our frailty in various forms – physical, emotional, spiritual – as we march onwards to the drumbeat of time. Some poems are reflections on quiet yet devastating moments of clarity, of the sort that mark turning points in our lives. Some are musings of an outsider staring at familiar surroundings in disbelief. Others are attempts to find meaning and fulfilment in the dreamscape of the modern world, while grappling with the question of what it takes to lead a good life. Drawing them all together is the author’s conviction that language is music, that words have a meaning defined not only by dictionaries but also by their rhythm, melody and counterpoint.
‘All That Remains explores with vigorous clarity the complexities, difficulties, and vulnerabilities embedded in our moral and social lives. The poems are rich in observation and capture with tenderness, and sometimes with irony, attempts to find meaning and cohesion within a dizzying array of experiences. This collection is attended by a deep sense of what language can achieve when it is musical, investigative, and precise; it carries the undertow of an engaged mind operating with a responsive heart.’ – Judith Beveridge
‘A voice of great charm and meditative intelligence, speaking through prose poems that range from parables of everyday experience to jokes to profound philosophical riffs, wiith more than a few masterpieces among them.’ – Peter Goldsworthy
