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B. N. Oakman B. N. Oakman i(A95369 works by) (a.k.a. Bruce Oakman)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon B N Oakman : Australian Poet B. N. Oakman , Australia : B. N. Oakman , Z1908873 website The webpage provides details of Oakman's publications and links to reviews of his work.
1 y separately published work icon Backtrack B. N. Oakman , Carindale : Interactive Press , 2023 27397739 2023 selected work poetry

'Backtrack, BN Oakman's third full-length collection, is a suite of poems created in response to an observed, often baffling, world. Oakman writes with conviction in a direct and lively style, while employing various poetic forms to explore a wide range of emotions and experiences. He gives us poems crafted with empathy and humour about transient joys, abiding sadnesses, persistent injustices, fleeting triumphs and unassuageable grief - the whole exasperating mess and muddle of it all. Here are poems to engage the mind, touch the heart, nudge us to laughter, and occasionally, move us to tears.' (Publication summary)

1 Say It with Flowers i "when that final curtain falls upon the meek", B. N. Oakman , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Shot Glass Journal , January no. 39 2023;
1 The Poet of Mycenae i "after Agamemnon sacrifices their daughter Iphigenia", B. N. Oakman , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , vol. 27 no. 1 2023;
1 La Reconciliacion i "Few extranjeros eat here, although it’s just a couple", B. N. Oakman , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Quarterly , Summer no. 12 2022; (p. 98)
1 Satisfactory i "is what he says when asked how he is,", B. N. Oakman , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Quarterly , Summer no. 12 2022; (p. 98)
1 The Island i "remember those burnished weeks?", B. N. Oakman , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Quarterly , Summer no. 12 2022; (p. 97)
1 Sirtak i "At university, when we shared a flat, he'd play", B. N. Oakman , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , December vol. 40 no. 4 2021; (p. 33)
1 Divination i "pour your angst into those deep pools", B. N. Oakman , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 25 no. 1 2021;
1 Your Tiny Hand i "driving to Melbourne", B. N. Oakman , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 20 September vol. 30 no. 19 2020;
1 My Father Laboured i "my father laboured in unskilled jobs for 51 years from age 14", B. N. Oakman , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 20 September vol. 30 no. 19 2020;
1 Unfunded Empathy i "an astonishing phrase from a believer", B. N. Oakman , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 20 September vol. 30 no. 19 2020;
Author's note: On Monday 29 July 2019 the prime minister of Australia declared he would not engage in 'unfunded empathy' by raising the Newstart payment which, at the time, was $277.85 per week.
1 A Valley in Spain i "Late autumn. The Jarama is sluggish,", B. N. Oakman , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 20 September vol. 30 no. 19 2020;
1 Finisterre i "I’m standing at the end of the earth—where", B. N. Oakman , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , December no. 163 2019; (p. 53)
1 At the Grave of Antonio Machado i "The rain is gusting off the Mediterranean.", B. N. Oakman , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , December no. 163 2019; (p. 52)
1 The Ball i "We took heart to hear", B. N. Oakman , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 28 July vol. 29 no. 15 2019;
1 He Rang i "a voice made for poetry", B. N. Oakman , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 28 July vol. 29 no. 15 2019;
1 The Jungle i "high school was red brick, old style, pre-prefab", B. N. Oakman , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 28 July vol. 29 no. 15 2019;
1 Dining with Goya in the Villa of the Deaf Man i "I’m dining with Goya in Quinta del Sordo, a villa", B. N. Oakman , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , May no. 91 2019;
1 No Place Like B. N. Oakman , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 39 2018; (p. 187-188)
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