A Gentle Outward Breath
Reviewed onFran Graham’s is a poetry of particularities and the present. But A Gentle Outward Breath, her second collection and first in over 10 years, the period during which these poems …
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If There Is a Butterfly That Drinks Tears
Reviewed onTo call this remarkable collection merely an exploration of motherhood would be akin to calling Ulysses a travelogue. For in her frighteningly forensic poems on pregnancy, childbirth and being a …
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Woven
Reviewed onIt’s possible the term polyphony, when used in a literary sense, has never been more appropriately applied that to this sonorous poetry collection, Woven. Because yes, there is a multiplicity …
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the seven-eight count of unstoppable sadness
Reviewed onThe evocative narrative within Marcella Polain’s the seven-eight count of unstoppable sadness delves into the inescapable depths of sorrow and the author’s search for love, gratitude, hope, and acceptance. The …
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Who Comes Calling?
Reviewed onMiriam Wei Wei Lo is a Canadian-born, Fremantle-based poet of Chinese-Malaysian and Anglo-Australian descent who “writes because life is too short to let it pass without comment.” Her first collection, …
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Ghost Poetry
Reviewed onMelbourne-based poet Robbie Coburn’s latest poetry collection gallops and canters across the page; but it also soars Pegasus-like above a physical and emotional landscape where herds of fantasies, dreams and …
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Right Way Down and other poems
Reviewed onIt is something of a job perk to sign up for a book review only to find oneself thinking about one’s own writing and creativity. But then, Right Way Down …
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Breaking the Surface
Reviewed onAs Perth, Western Australia-based author and poet Ian Reid writes of his fine new collection of poetry Breaking the Surface, “This volume celebrates my return to the genre of poetry …
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Clean
Reviewed onAnyone who ever made anything worthwhile is or was an addict of sorts. In this impressive first (full-length) collection, Scott-Patrick Mitchell (hereafter SPM) brings us news from hell. And it’s …
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Public. Open. Space.
Reviewed onWithin this collection, Larsen thoughtfully examines our connections, not only in the digital realm but also in real life, with a specific focus on the challenges faced by women and …
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