A Journal of Australian & International Cultural Reviews, News and Criticism.
This is not an ordinary collection of poetry . It is the story of a life in poetry, a funny and poignant story written in poetic form. It follows the poets migratory life as a young woman, without English, who had to carry the early resistance of family
The poetry of B. R. Dionysius in Critical State holds continuity and rupture in tension as he explores the encroachments of the Anthropocene on distinctive Queensland regional environments
Gillett’s land and seascapes convey levels of meaning and receptivity far beyond the literal, and deepen our understanding of the forces that move us.
At a time when there is more poetry being published than ever before, one could be forgiven for missing certain publications. In the case of Claire Miranda Roberts’ first collection, Kangaroo Paw, such an oversight would be doing the reader a great disservice.
If Maurice was a film director, he’d be a cross between Stephen Spielberg and David Lynch, with a dollop of Baz Luhrman thrown in for good measure.
The collection was such a knockout that I could hardly believe anyone in Australia could respond to personal catastrophe with such artistic intelligence, fortitude, and grace that this book reveals.
Adair is not ‘oblivious to the visceral sadness/ that still abides in living memories’. And her poetry breaks the smooth surfaces of several silences that our society endorses,
The Shadow Box is a wonderful book by one of the country’s most consummate poets.
Detective fiction is hardly a traditional subject for poetry, yet there is clearly a perennial fascination with crime and crime solving. The Detective’s Chair exploits the conceit that the 32 detectives presented here do most of their reflecting, cogitating, puzzling, meditating and nutting-out in the embrace of a favourite chair.
Rochford Street Review 