'The final, posthumous collection of poems from Australia's unofficial poet laureate
'In a poetic gift from beyond the grave, Les Murray left a trove of last poems. These are poems he was working on up to his death, as well as work uncovered from his scrapbooks and files.
'Various, intriguing and moving, this is a wonderful final collection from Australia's greatest poet - including a title poem that calls up the spirit of continuous creation, 'out of all that vanishes and all that will outlast us'.
'Continuous Creation is the perfect gift for long-time fans of Murray and new readers alike.' (Publication summary)
(Introduction)
'Les Murray was a mesmerising poet because he had a technique that could encompass the world. He had a magical sense of music and of rhythm as a driving force.'
'I have spent decades tussling with the poetry of Les Murray, just as I did in my friendly but contending and disputing personal interactions with him. This book of “last poems”, based on “three-quarter’s of a book’s worth” of poems respectfully consolidated and added to from other uncollected material by poet Jamie Grant, throws up many familiar issues for me.' (Introduction)
'Les Murray was a mesmerising poet because he had a technique that could encompass the world. He had a magical sense of music and of rhythm as a driving force.'
(Introduction)
'There are so many strange serendipities, and antipathies, forged across Les Murray’s work, verbal, historical and spiritual. In Continuous Creation also, Murray’s last, posthumous book (published almost three years after he died in a nursing home in Taree) these counterpoints and challenges await readers, mostly in gentle forms.' (Introduction)
