'To Origins and Back is a rich meditation on what it means to be human. In this collection Greg Tome ruminates on the universal and the personal: the tug of kith and kin the scars of the past and the seasons that ebb and flow around us and inside us. Employing dynamic lineation lyrical word combinations and fresh angles on ......
Ray Stuart was born in Sydney. His poetry has been published widely over south-east Australia in the Northern Territory and in Friendly Street collections. In 1999 he won the Satura Prize for ‘Duty Call’ reviewed by Ray Liversidge as ‘one long elegant and lyrical sentence describing an unconditional reconciliatory ......
To Breathe takes the reader on a captivating journey depicting everyday musings to recollections of carefree times. Melanie Duncan's poetry expresses both ......
'In this collection the reader discovers an inquisitive mind equally as concerned for world issues as for the dull conformity that can settle over small towns. Antonia's writing artfully moves from well researched topics to finely tuned observations of everyday life.' - Hilary Beaton
"Robyn Mathison casts a curious and compassionate eye over the natural world and all its inhabitants. Her sense of wonder gives equal measure to cats hens historical figures and family members. The poems engage with provocative questions: Where will memory be when my body leaves? (‘Quiet House’) and arresting ......
The theme of time and its associated expressions of mutability limitation and loss figures prominently in this collection. The title poem is an attempted objectification one could say personification of time which ultimately overturns any of the parallels drawn between it and the figures adduced as its visible representatives to stand in any ......
Life can become a race against time if you allow it. Slow down occasionally and you are apt to find that time pauses too. Some of my most indelible memories have been formed in such moments and a few are recollected in this slim volume. I hope they spark resonance and enjoyment.
This is the fifth volume of my poems published by ......
"Colleen and I have known each other for many years in many guises from school colleagues to collaborators in organising a writing group and always as friends who share a love of the written word. Her love of writing is evident in this poetry collection. The words hum with vibrant life as Colleen looks at the 'ordinary' things ......
‘Tilting at Time offers a vivacious yet emphatic rendering of the minutiae of Australian life. At once humorous and reflective Greg muses on the human condition and its relationship to the specific places and temporal spaces we find ourselves in. In the very first poem our poet expresses his wish for “words ......
