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'The Myrrh-Bearers is a book of love poems, describing real events and real people as the poet has experienced them. The worlds evoked in these poems are suffused with faerie tales, myth and philosophy. The genesis of this collection lies in a diverse engagement with different poetries: the influence of the Polish poets Wisława Szymborska and Czesław Miłosz is discernible, along with that of the French poets Henri Michaux, René Char, René Daumal and Alfred Jarry; there is also the sure presence of Gwen Harwood and Judith Wright as well as, more esoterically, William Blake and G. I. Gurdjieff. The pataphysical influence of Jarry, in particular, leads to a poetry which attempts to describe a universe supplementary to the one which we inhabit. The presence of music as a subject stems from the poet’s close engagement with her musical mentors, Larry Sitsky in Australia, Emmanuel Nunes in France and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Germany. This is a rich and unusual collection which will reward readers interested in the way poetry can suggest new ways of looking at the world.' (Publication summary)
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Light, Dark and Heavy Handed
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 March 2016; (p. 22)
— Review of Reflections of a Temporary Self : New and Selected Poems 1979 - 2015 2015 selected work poetry ; Ground 2015 selected work poetry ; Ripples under the Skin 2011 single work poetry ; The Myrrh-Bearers 2015 selected work poetry -
Review Short : Judith Crispin’s The Myrhh-Bearers and Jillian Pattinson’s Babel Fish
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 October no. 52.0 2015;
— Review of The Myrrh-Bearers 2015 selected work poetry ; Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry
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Review Short : Judith Crispin’s The Myrhh-Bearers and Jillian Pattinson’s Babel Fish
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 October no. 52.0 2015;
— Review of The Myrrh-Bearers 2015 selected work poetry ; Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry -
Light, Dark and Heavy Handed
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 March 2016; (p. 22)
— Review of Reflections of a Temporary Self : New and Selected Poems 1979 - 2015 2015 selected work poetry ; Ground 2015 selected work poetry ; Ripples under the Skin 2011 single work poetry ; The Myrrh-Bearers 2015 selected work poetry