{"id":1713,"date":"2012-12-13T05:26:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T18:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2012-12-13T05:27:43","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T18:27:43","slug":"best-australian-poems-crying-at-the-poetry-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1713","title":{"rendered":"best australian poems – crying at the poetry reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow. I’m sharing publication with some major Australian talent here:<\/p>\n

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‘I was struck \u2026 by just how many poems depended on the ancient devices of the storyteller \u2026 Many have a lyrical or meditative feel, but most have a story to tell, captured in a brief glimpse of the meaning of life, or a dramatic climax<\/em>.\u2019\u2014JOHN TRANTER<\/p>\n

In this impressive anthology John Tranter weaves many threads into a portrait of Australian poetry in 2012. Emerging poets sit alongside the celebrated, travelling from Lake Havasu City to Graz, and nursing homes to fairgrounds, with characters as diverse as David Bowie, Emily Dickinson and Rumpelstiltskin.The Best Australian Poems 2012<\/em>\u00a0will satisfy a hunger for storytelling and a yearning for beauty.<\/p>\n

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The Best Australian Poems 2012<\/h2>\n

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Edited by\u00a0JOHN TRANTER<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The poets included in\u00a0The Best Australian Poems 2012<\/em>\u00a0are:<\/p>\n

Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen
\nRobert Adamson
\nAli Alizadeh
\nElizabeth Allen
\nChris Andrews
\nLouis Armand
\nCassandra Atherton
\nLuke Beesley
\nCraig Billingham
\nRosemary Blake
\nPeter Boyle
\nDavid Brooks
\nPam Brown
\nSara Bruxner
\nMelinda Bufton
\nAndrew Burke
\nJoanne Burns
\nLarry Buttrose
\nDavid Campbell
\nAshley Capes
\nLouise Carter
\nBonny Cassidy
\nKen Chau
\nJulie Chevalier
\nJennifer Chrystie
\nEva Collins
\nJennifer Compton
\nKate Crowcroft
\nToby Davidson
\nLuke Davies
\nBruce Dawe
\nSarah Day
\nDe Er He
\nTricia Dearborn
\nWill Eaves
\nSuzanne Edgar
\nDiane Fahey
\nJeltje Fanoy
\nMichael Farrell
\nJohanna Featherstone
\nLiam Ferney
\nToby Fitch
\nJohn Frawley, AM
\nKatherine Gallagher
\nAngela Gardner
\nCarolyn Gerrish
\nGeoff Goodfellow
\nLisa Gorton
\nFran Graham
\nStu Hatton
\nMatt Hetherington
\nJack Hibberd
\nSarah Holland-Batt
\nGregory Horne
\nDuncan Hose
\nDarby Hudson
\nAndy Jackson
\nJohn Jenkins
\nTiggy Johnson
\nJill Jones
\nS. K. Kelen
\nFrank Kellaway
\nRichard King
\nJohn Kinsella
\nAndy Kissane
\nKaren Knight
\nMike Ladd
\nAnthony Lawrence
\nRoland Leach
\nGeoffrey Lehmann
\nEmma Lew
\nBella Li
\nJennifer Liston
\nCameron Lowe
\nAnthony Lynch
\nDavid McCooey
\nRhyll McMaster
\nJennifer Maiden
\nCaitlin Maling
\nBronwen Manger
\nEmily Manger
\nBronwyn Mehan
\nKate Middleton
\nJohn Miles
\nPeter Minter
\nMeg Mooney
\nDavid Mortimer
\nPeter Murphy
\nLes Murray
\nDavid Musgrave
\nJan Owen
\nGeoff Page
\nChristine Paice
\nJohn Pfitzner
\nA. D. Phatak
\nGreg Piko
\nFelicity Plunkett
\nClaire Potter
\nCraig Powell
\nSarah Rice
\nMark Roberts
\nPeter Rose
\nJosephine Rowe
\nBelinda Rule
\nGig Ryan
\nPhilip Salom
\nAndrew Sant
\nJaya Savige
\nMichael Sharkey
\nShu Cai
\nShu Ting
\nBarnaby Smith
\nVivian Smith
\nPete Spence
\nMaria Takolander
\nTim Thorne
\nMark Tredinnick
\nAnn Vickery
\nRob Walker
\nChris Wallace-Crabbe
\nJohn Watson
\nMeredith Wattison
\nAlan Wearne
\nJen Webb
\nPetra White
\nJessica L. Wilkinson
\nRobin Wilkinson
\nFiona Wright
\nWarrick Wynne
\nMark Young<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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