Poetry

August 28, 2024

REVIEW #30: A PROMISE OF PEACHES – WITH GENEROUS LASHINGS OF HISTORY, CULTURE AND HUMANITY

A Promise of Peaches By Valerie Volk Ginninderra Press,  2011 Through her metaphorical ‘peaches,’ Valerie Volk has captured the melancholy reality that the plump, golden peach […]
February 24, 2024

REVIEW #18: THE FIRE OF JOY

The Fire of Joy By Clive James Picador, 2020 Reading the blurb of Clive James’ anthology of famourite poems, I was struck by this statement: ‘His […]
October 4, 2022

REVIEW #2 FRIENDLY STREET NEW POETS 19

REVIEW #2 Friendly Street New Poets 19 Friendly Street Poets Incorporated, 2018. Firstly, let me congratulate Friendly Street for resurrecting the New Poets Series. Bruce Greenhalgh’s […]
October 4, 2022

REVIEW #1 CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN POETRY

REVIEW #1 Contemporary Australian Poetry: Martin Langford, Judith Beveridge, Judy Johnson & David Musgrave eds. Puncher & Wattmann, 2016 In their review and critique of Australian […]