Robyn Cairns Robyn Cairns i(9529153 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 The Sea Dragon and the Sand Dune Fairy i "curled amongst coastal grasses", Robyn Cairns , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Catchment – Poetry of Place , 21 June no. 2 2024;
1 y separately published work icon Horizon Robyn Cairns , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2023 25747023 2023 selected work poetry

'Written against the background of pandemic isolation, Robyn's elegant, diverse and spare book immediately captures the reader's attention with its deeply felt individual observations of nature and human experience, expertly crafted in poetic forms and prose that prompt reflection and the joy of rereading.' - Janet Howie
1 Action to Stop Climate Change! 'When Do We Want It? Now! i "on a dying planet", Robyn Cairns , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: I Protest! Poems of Dissent 2020; (p. 77)
1 y separately published work icon This Peace Robyn Cairns , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 19511093 2020 selected work poetry 'If humankind is to save Earth from environmental disaster, we need poets like Robyn Cairns to bring our attention back to nature - to show us how to look with attentive eyes, to focus on the myriad of small lives with whom we share this planet, and that are endangered by our misuse of it. Her poems are steeped in caterpillars, and spiders, and whispering grasses, and egrets, and stars. Robyn sees what we don’t see, what we walk by without noticing, and points it out to us with the simplicity, wisdom and sharp edged delight of haiku. And like a river running throughout, Robyn invites us into her heart, a daughter’s grief for her father and the quiet comfort of memory.’ - Marianne Paul' (Publication summary)
1 [Untitled] Robyn Cairns , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 27 2019; (p. 3)
1 Baby Alive i "a paper bag of cereal", Robyn Cairns , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Not Very Quiet , March no. 4 2019;
1 Inside Nana’s i "inside Nana’s", Robyn Cairns , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Not Very Quiet , September no. 3 2018;
1 Flannel Flowers i "amongst a drift", Robyn Cairns , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: New Shoots Anthology : Poems Inspired by Plants 2017; (p. 75)
1 y separately published work icon In Transit Robyn Cairns , Warners Bay : Picaro Press , 2016 9529168 2016 selected work poetry

'A collection of haiku, tanka and micropoetry.'
1 y separately published work icon The Drifting Robyn Cairns , Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2016 13461061 2016 selected work poetry
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