Product Description
‘poetry is the unread whisper
on the disappearing garden path…’
Riffs on Life reflects Frannie Hopkirk’s extravagant human energy.
Her tender observations weave through portraits of ramshackle bohemianism and the sexual revolution with brave revelations both darkly erotic and philosophical.
Sister of Brett Whiteley, Hopkirk was uniquely placed to bear witness to Brett’s engagement with the spiritual fathoms of artistic life.
Intoxicated with life on the land and immersed in both the majesty of nature and the brutality of the drought, Hopkirk explores its precious mysteries and painful realities.
Her work has a transcendent quality both lyrical and powerful. These poems are never anything but deeply committed to life.
