The Best Australian Poetry 2009
Alan Wearne
(editor),
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
2009
Z1626831
2009
anthology
poetry
(taught in 2 units)
'The Best Australian Poetry 2009 celebrates the originality and verve of Australian poetry at this moment. In this collection of 40 poems Alan Wearne brings long experience as a poet and teacher of poetry, and a sharp eye for the surprising. Bookended with an introduction by Wearne and the poets' commentary on their work, this year's collection is a sophisticated and accessible sampling of recent achievements in Australian poetry.' (From the publisher's website.)
Biographical notes on the contributing poets are included, together with a substantial comment by each poet their selected poem.
This course is ideal for anyone who is interested in language and how words can be used in innovative, precise, intense and musical ways: poets, prose and non-fiction writers, lyricists and poetry scholars. Having said that, it's also good for novices.
15%
Exercise
20%
Essay
25%
Portfolio - Poem
40%
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Pretty, Ron. Creating Poetry. Caulfield, Edward Arnold: 1994.
The Explicator. Columbia, S.C. : U of South Carolina.
