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'Love—ancient and modern, ecstatic and mundane, sacred and profane—finds its Australian voice between the covers of this book.
'This important collection of new poems displays the richness and variety of contemporary Australian poetry. Here is larrikin love, ironic love and the understated love we inhabit.
'Australian Love Poems 2013 is a who’s who of Australian poets. It containing 200 poems from 173 Australian poets including well known poets Les Murray, Judith Beveridge, Cate Kennedy, Robert Gray, Paul Kelly and exciting new poetic talent.
'This is how we do love, how we fall in and out of it, yearn and turn and hurt in it, and how love leads us beyond ourselves. And this is how we write love: in sonnets, of course, pantoums, villanelles, haiku, ghazals, prose poems, free verse and aubades.
'The richness of love found in Australian Love Poems 2013 claims Australia as a poetic nation and a nation of love.' (Publisher's blurb)
Contents
- Ordinary Loversi"When we kissed", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Inscriptioni"I loved Eleni", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Untitledi"I loved her voice", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Flirti"Did we flirt? I can't remember. Fall?", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Loving Virginiai"We rolled over each other like we were on fire", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Lovei"crashes through the police barricade", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Freeway Auguriesi"Coming east to find you, I drive until", single work poetry (p. 23)
- The Ménagei"Thank you for your relative honesty. Say that you love me", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Love Affairi"i'm creating a site-specific work of art:", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Suddenlyi"Suddenly she's there", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Knitting in the Pooli"It's the almost monologue", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Text Poemi"u r my fave app", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Just One Kissi"I confess", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- Butterflyi"A young woman clutches", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
- Evolutioni"We were gathered in the dark", single work poetry (p. 35-36)
- Love's Seasoni"Who is to say when love might call?", single work poetry (p. 37)
- Seventeeni"This start, this articulation will become generalisations", single work poetry (p. 38)
- Estrellai"Once upon a windy rock", single work poetry (p. 39-40)
- Dead Dog Dumpedi"The story is an old one. The car was Japanese and its suspension", single work poetry (p. 41-42)
- Flowers and Feveri"in those first days", single work poetry (p. 43)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Muster of Love Songs
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 28 no. 1 2014; (p. 250-251)
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Book Review : Australian Love Poems
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 6 no. 2 2014;
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Love's Language Fills Diverse Poetry Collection
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 4 February 2014; (p. 6-7)
— Review of Australian Love Poems 2013 2013 anthology poetry ; Poetry D'amour Anthology 2014 : Love Poems 2013 anthology poetry -
Sex and Haikus
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 15 November vol. 23 no. 22 2013; (p. 32-34)
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Keri Glastonbury Reviews Australian Love Poems 2013
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 44.0 2013;
— Review of Australian Love Poems 2013 2013 anthology poetry
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The Wave that Leaves You Damp
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 September 2013; (p. 31)
— Review of Australian Love Poems 2013 2013 anthology poetry -
Ruddered Love
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 355 2013;
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Who Knows What Love Is
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 57 no. 11 2013; (p. 107-109)
— Review of Australian Love Poems 2013 2013 anthology poetry -
Keri Glastonbury Reviews Australian Love Poems 2013
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 44.0 2013;
— Review of Australian Love Poems 2013 2013 anthology poetry -
Sex and Haikus
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 15 November vol. 23 no. 22 2013; (p. 32-34)
— Review of Australian Love Poems 2013 2013 anthology poetry -
Launching Love at Byron Bay
2013
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column
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , June no. 8 2013; -
The Vibrant Poetry of Love
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 20 August 2013; (p. 7)