Jam Tree Gully: Poems
In this daring new collection, Australia's preeminent environmental poet confronts the legacy of Thoreau's Walden. With Walden as his inspiration, John Kinsella moved with his family back to rural Australia, where he wrote the poems in this original collection exploring the nature of our responsibility and connection to the land.from We Spend Days in This House We spend days in this house but not nights. We have seen the early morning sunlight infiltrate the eucalypts, sunset deflected by acacias. We have sweltered at midday. We have walked every acre intimately. The kangaroos recognise us and linger. We spend days…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-34140-9
- EAN: 9780393341409
- Produktnummer: 11137330
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 157 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.5 cm 193 g
- Gewicht: 193
Über den Autor
John Kinsella is the author of over thirty books, including the critically acclaimed Jam Tree Gully and Firebreaks. He is a Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge, and professor of literature and environment at Curtin University. In 2007 he received the Fellowship of Australian Writers Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry. He lives at Jam Tree Gully in the Western Australian Wheatbelt.
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