- Christmas Eve ... all on their knees (25 Dec 07)
A friend showed me this for Christmas Eve. I like it.The Oxen Christmas Eve and twelve of the clock. 'Now they are all on their knees ' An elder said ...
- First names (29 Sep 07)
I have greatly enjoyed First Names a book of poems by Simon West published by Puncher and Wattmann. Dr West is a specialist in Italian poetry comparative literature and translation ...
- The publication of meaning (24 Jul 07)
In a long bleat in The Australian "Pulping our poetry" (07 Jul 07) Rosemary Neil laments big publisher's lack of interest in Australian poetry. She cites a study by University ...
- Wright on writing poetry (13 Jul 07)
Doing something I should have done years ago I've been reading Australian literary magazine Overland. It is offering a prize for new poets -- the Overland Magazine Judith Wright Prize ...
- On madness and poetry (06 Jul 07)
I've been reading a lot of modern poetry recently mostly Australian and American and trying to work out why I find it difficult to be poetic myself. Reading poetry and ...
- To end the circle (24 Jun 07)
This is Canberra poet Michael Fitzgerald-Clarke a fellow church member. His work includes chapbooks Deep Wings (White Heron Press 2004) and from Pudding House Press S-h-h-hidelplonk (2002) and Three Hundred ...
- Still life in poetry (20 Mar 07)
I've been reading through The Best Australian Poems 2006 edited by Dorothy Porter (Black Inc. 2006). One of the poems that took my attention is by Judith Bishop "Still Life ...
- Red Carpets and other Banana Skins (28 Feb 07)
Kerry O'Brien interviewed Rupert Everett on the ABC's flagship 7.30 Report last night (27 Feb 07) particularly about Everett's recent autobiography Red Carpets and other Banana Skins. The full transcript ...
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