The Welfare Of My Enemy by Anthony Lawrence, Puncher & Wattmann Poetry, 2011. In The Welfare Of My Enemy, Anthony Lawrence’s vision moves back to the early poet, Barcroft Boake, who described the ominous quality of the Australian landscape  in 1891: East and backward pale faces turning – That’s how the dead men lie! Gaunt … Continue reading Poetry of the Great Australian Nightmare: Rae Desmond Jones reviews The Welfare Of My Enemy by Anthony Lawrence