A fresh selection of the finest poems--some previously uncollected--by one of our finest English-language poets Why write poetry? For the weird unemployment.
His other books include Dog Fox Field, Translations from the Natural World, Fredy Neptune: A Novel in Verse, Learning Human: Selected Poems, Conscious and Verbal, Poems the Size of Photographs, and Waiting for the Past..
Murray also served as poetry editor for the conservative Australian journal Quadrant from 1990-2018.
Eliot Prize for the Best Book of Poetry in English in 1996 for Subhuman Redneck Poems, and was also awarded the Gold Medal for Poetry presented by Queen Elizabeth II.
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About the Author: Les Murray (1938-2019) was a widely acclaimed poet, recognized by the National Trust of Australia as one of the nation\'s treasures in 2012.
New Selected Poems is the poet\'s choice of his essential works: an indispensable collection for readers who already love his poetry, and an ideal introduction for those who are new to it.
Whether writing about the indignities of childhood or the depths of depression, or evoking the rhythms of the natural world; whether writing in a sharply rendered Australian vernacular or a perfectly pitched King\'s English, his versatility and vitality are a constant.
One of the finest poets writing today, Murray reinvents himself with each new collection. --from "The Instrument"New Selected Poems contains Les Murray\'s own gathering from the full range of his poetry--from the 1960s through Taller When Prone (2004) and including previously uncollected work.
For working always beyondyour own intelligence.
For the adjustments after, aligning facets in a verbbefore the trance leaves you.
For the painless headaches, that must be tapped to strikedown along your writing arm at the accumulated moment.
A fresh selection of the finest poems--some previously uncollected--by one of our finest English-language poets Why write poetry? For the weird unemployment
