Passionate and full of music, these poems (both published and unpublished) explore the natural world and our place in it, and also confront the passing of time, decay and change.
A collection of poems that present vivid images from the poet's youth and of both rural and urban Cuba.
“Boy Thing is a thing of wonder. These are poems that negotiate anew the tender, hurt territory of a boy abruptly unfathered with every fresh reading; and that travel into the wonderment of becoming a father of boys."
The poet writes: ‘I’m always interested in the possibilities of change, moving through forms and aesthetic modes, and I’d like to think this Selected Poems epitomises these kinds of shifts’.
Born in Victoria, Katherine Gallagher now lives in London. 'Tigers on the Silk Road' is her third collection of poetry and has been described as '...a powerful, personal journey... Læs mere
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE was a monumental European presence - dramatist, impresario, novelist, essayist, scientist, administrator and extraordinarily prolific poet.
Larissa Miller's poems take the reader on a peculiar voyage of unforgettable, potent, and arresting images. Through an array of bewildered speakers Miller leaps from the... Læs mere