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Chris Wallace-Crabbe, one of Australia's best-loved poets, writes in Rondo a book that distils his life-long themes of nature, time and love, he is civilised but also relentless in his dedication to 'troubling the stubborn world for meaning'.

Celebrating common household objects as well as fine-grained Australian landscapes, this emotionally engaged collection of poetry harvests the author's wisdom, maturity, and interest in nearly everything. Exploring diverse topics--including a bush-entangled island, a bionic elephant, and Anne Boleyn's ghost--each work uses a mixture of humor and gravity to scrutinize the meaning in our world, through the richly orchestrated language of one of ...

Ranging across various forms and tones, this poetry compilation expounds upon the Australian landscape, and its natural objects and inhabitants. Combining humor and gravity, it ponders the destruction of our planet and the detrimental effects of progress.

WHIRLING is a new collection of poems by award-winning poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe, who is much-traveled and read and admired equally in America, Britain, and his home country Australia. His versatile use of language, including vivid Australian slang, is energetic and attractive, sometimes almost distracting his readers from a deeper seriousness and sadness.

A new title in the Braziller Series of Australian Poets, which brings Australian literature, often under-represented, to a wider audience.