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Friday poem #5 – from Thylazine – Michelle Cahill
Today we go back to Oz Poetry and forward to some newer voices, courtesy of Thylazine and their TWELVE AUSTRALIAN POETS SERIES 2. I have chosen something by Michelle Cahill, born in Kenya. “Her first … more →
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Friday poem #5 – from Thylazine – Michelle Cahill
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Neil wrote 9 months ago: Today we go back to Oz Poetry and forward to some newer voices, courtesy of Thylazine and their TWEL … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #23: George Essex Evans “The Women of the West”
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Yes, one of my mother’s favourites, particularly for the middle stanzas. The 99th anniversary of the … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #22: Kenneth Mackay OBE "The Song that Men Should Sing" (1899)
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Here we have a deservedly forgotten lyric from late 19th century Australia, which I read in the bog … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #21: Adam Aitken
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Neil wrote 1 year ago: Here, for a change, is a poet I actually know. I first became aware of Adam Aitken when I was editin … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #20: Middleton's Rouseabout -- Henry Lawson (1896)
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Here is a poem my father and mother both delighted in quoting on occasions. It is very much part of … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #19: You Don't Get Me -- Lachlan Irvine
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Neil wrote 1 year ago: You won’t find Lachlan Irvine’s poems in the anthologies or in, so far as I know, the us … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #18: YouTube - Poetry Clip: Robert Gray
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Neil wrote 1 year ago: Robert Gray is one of my favourite contemporary Australian poets. A BOWL OF PEARS Swarthy as oilclot … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #17: "Australia" -- A D Hope
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Your “Friday poem” arrives early this week, partly because I obscurely alluded to it in … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #14 — Rosemary Dobson (1920 - )
Neil wrote 1 year ago: I note Rosemary Dobson’s work is set from 2009 in the HSC, so more may appear later on at Engl … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #13 -- Roland Robinson (1912-1992)
Neil wrote 1 year ago: There is the following brief but fascinating account of this poet in an unexpected place — wel … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #12 -- Judith Wright recycled for Anzac Day
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Judith Wright (1915-2000) is one of my favourite poets. “The Company of Lovers” was written during W … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #11 -- George Essex Evans
Neil wrote 1 year ago: To a Bigot George Essex Evans (1863-1909) HERE am I sent a wanderer like to thee,And here a moment e … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #10: Peter Skrzynecki "Summer in the Country" (2005)
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Neil wrote 1 year ago: Jim Belshaw has made my choice of Australian poem today a foregone conclusion, though I would call S … more →
Australian poem: 2008 series #8 -- Indigenous poetry
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Neil wrote 1 year ago: A recent comment on my Indigenous Australians page was followed by an email from the commenter with … more →
Australian poem: 2008 series #7 -- Melinda Kendall
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Who? To cite the Bertram Stevens life of Henry Kendall: Of Basil Kendall’s early career little is kn … more →
Australian Poem: 2008 series #6 -- Henry Kendall
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Now here is a poem I learned in primary school around 55 years ago! The Last of His Tribe HE crouche … more →
Australian Poem: 2008 series #4 and #5 -- two for the price of one
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Neil wrote 1 year ago: You could say these poems are a comment on the discussion that has been taking place over at my OzPo … more →
Australian poem: 2008 series: #2 — Kenneth Slessor (1901-1971) "Snowdrops"
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Image from the excellent OzLit blog Matilda. There is a good online collection of Slessor’s po … more →
Friday Australian poem #19: Vance Palmer (1885-1959)
Neil wrote 1 year ago: The Farmer Remembers the Somme Will they never fade or pass!The mud, and the misty figures endlessly … more →
