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'Once asked what poets can do for Australia, A.D. Hope replied: “They can justify its existence.” Such has been the charge of Australian poets, from Hope himself to Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright to Les Murray, Anthony Lawrence to Judith Beveridge: to articulate the Australian experience so that it might live in the imagination of its people. While the presence and potency of the Australian landscape remains an abiding interest, a great deal of Australian poetry has been innovative and experimental, with poets such as Robert Adamson, Michael Dransfield, Vicki Viidikas, John Forbes, Gig Ryan, J.S. Harry, and Jennifer Maiden leading the way. The richness, strength, and vitality of Australian poetry is marked by a prodigious diversity that makes it as exhilarating to survey as it is challenging to encapsulate.' (Introduction)
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/detail/89028
Australian Poetry Now
Poetry
Subjects:
- George Dyunjgayan's Bulu Line : A West Kimberley Song Cycle Stuart Cooke (translator), 2014 selected work poetry criticism
- Kargun 1980 selected work poetry
- The Boys Who Stole the Funeral : A Novel Sequence 1980 single work novel
- Here Come the Dogs 2014 single work novel
- Ruby Moonlight 2012 single work novel
- Noodles 1996 single work poetry
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