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A Poem without Birds
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"This morning the tree-ferns woke and opened out",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , October-November vol. 199 no. 2011; (p. 9) Award Winning Australian Writing 2012 2012; (p. 72-73) -
A Preliminary Sketch
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"An old shack by the river, deserted for years now,",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , October-November vol. 199 no. 2011; (p. 9) Award Winning Australian Writing 2012 2012; (p. 74-75)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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From Prisoner to Religious Poet
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 2 December vol. 21 no. 23 2011; (p. 3-4) 'A paradox of mystical experience is that it is often in contemplating emptiness, nothingness and darkness that the seeker comes to an awareness of divine light.
For some years this has been the preoccupation of the poet featured in this interview. It is also the subject of his poem , 'Via Negativa, the Divine Dark', which won this year's Blake Poetry Prize.' (p. 3)
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From Prisoner to Religious Poet
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 2 December vol. 21 no. 23 2011; (p. 3-4) 'A paradox of mystical experience is that it is often in contemplating emptiness, nothingness and darkness that the seeker comes to an awareness of divine light.
For some years this has been the preoccupation of the poet featured in this interview. It is also the subject of his poem , 'Via Negativa, the Divine Dark', which won this year's Blake Poetry Prize.' (p. 3)
Awards
- 2011 winner Blake Poetry Prize
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