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Cocky’s Joy draws on Australian history and popular culture. Farrell was born and raised in rural NSW and as its title suggests, many of the poems in this collection are rooted in the bush, which they present as connected to the rest of the world in magical and often hilarious ways. There are love poems too, and riffs on such figures as the cowboy, the waiter and the assembled family. Farrell’s experimentalism doesn’t prevent him from offering moving tributes, to women and lovers, and to scenes recalled from the past. In fact, it is precisely his eye for metaphor and the unexpected combination, for punning and the letter – in both its verbal and visual aspects – that gives his poetry its humour and energy. [Publisher's blurb]
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Works about this Work
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Graeme Miles Reviews Cocky’s Joy by Michael Farrell
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2017;
— Review of Cocky's Joy 2015 selected work poetry -
Talking to a Stranger : Decolonising the Australian “Landscape” Poem
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain : An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics , February vol. 4 no. 1 2017; -
February in Poetry
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , February 2016;
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry ; Cocky's Joy 2015 selected work poetry -
Dancing on Centre Stage
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 75 no. 2 2016; (p. 250-259)
— Review of Cocky's Joy 2015 selected work poetry ; Waiting for the Past 2015 selected work poetry -
Who Fries a Crumpet?
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2015;
— Review of Cocky's Joy 2015 selected work poetry
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Dark Reflections and Light
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 June 2015; (p. 19)
— Review of Open House 2015 selected work poetry ; Cocky's Joy 2015 selected work poetry -
Bringing the 'A'
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 58)
— Review of Cocky's Joy 2015 selected work poetry -
Who Fries a Crumpet?
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2015;
— Review of Cocky's Joy 2015 selected work poetry -
Dancing on Centre Stage
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 75 no. 2 2016; (p. 250-259)
— Review of Cocky's Joy 2015 selected work poetry ; Waiting for the Past 2015 selected work poetry -
February in Poetry
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , February 2016;
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry ; Cocky's Joy 2015 selected work poetry -
Talking to a Stranger : Decolonising the Australian “Landscape” Poem
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain : An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics , February vol. 4 no. 1 2017;
Awards
- 2016 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Poetry
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