Here, for a change, is a poet I actually know. I first became aware of Adam Aitken when I was editing Neos back in the early 1980s; I subsequently met him on a number of occasions. The poem whic… more →
Floating LifeNeil wrote 1 month ago: Here, for a change, is a poet I actually know. I first became aware of Adam Aitken when I was editin … more →
Neil wrote 3 months ago: You won’t find Lachlan Irvine’s poems in the anthologies or in, so far as I know, the us … more →
Neil wrote 4 months ago: Robert Gray is one of my favourite contemporary Australian poets. A BOWL OF PEARS Swarthy as o … more →
Neil wrote 7 months ago: Jim Belshaw has made my choice of Australian poem today a foregone conclusion, though I would call S … more →
Neil wrote 10 months ago: This year the Friday Australian Poem will continue in a slightly new guise, as I am not commit … more →