Grant Caldwell Grant Caldwell i(A25089 works by) (a.k.a. C. Grant Caldwell)
Born: Established: 1947 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Haiku and Country : The Connect Between First Nations Country and Basho's Enduring Principles for the Writing of Haiku Grant Caldwell , 2023 single work essay
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , November vol. 13 no. 2 2023;

'Examining the sense of embodiment in the art and culture of Australian First Nations and Country and how this is paralleled in the poetics and practice of writing haiku as it originated in Japan.' (Publication abstract)
1 I Will Not Say i "I am right and knowing I am right is enough to know not to say that I am right what is the", Grant Caldwell , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Teesta Review : A Journal of Poetry , November vol. 5 no. 2 2022;
1 Ontos Farm i "everything still and flying", Grant Caldwell , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Teesta Review : A Journal of Poetry , November vol. 5 no. 2 2022;
1 Haiku Sequence Grant Caldwell , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Teesta Review : A Journal of Poetry , November vol. 5 no. 2 2022;
1 1 y separately published work icon Blue Balloon : A Collection of Haiku and Senryu Grant Caldwell , Melbourne : Collective Effort Press , 2021 21945015 2021 selected work poetry
1 Five Haiku i "people at the beach", Grant Caldwell , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , vol. 39 no. 4 2020; (p. 59) Haiku
1 Non-Japanese Haiku Today : Through the Basho Axes Grant Caldwell , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , May vol. 9 no. 1 2019;

'This paper is an exploration of the validity of the writing of haiku by non-Japanese poets (NJP), addressing the question of the extent to which it is possible or necessary for NJP to maintain thehaiku spirit of its Japanese origins. Commentary from various Japanese scholars and poets, recent and past, as well as Western writers, will be examined as part of an argument positing that the essential nature of haiku, going back as far as Matsuo Bashō, has always been about change and development, and that the taking up of the form across the globe is a natural and valid part of this development.' (Publication abstract)
1 [Untitled] i "arguing", Grant Caldwell , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 23 2018; (p. 41)
1 [Untitled] i "blind man running", Grant Caldwell , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 23 2018; (p. 41)
1 [Untitled] Grant Caldwell , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 23 2018; (p. 40)
1 [Review] Unusual Work 18 Grant Caldwell , 2016 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Latest Writing 2014-2016;
— Review of Unusual Work no. 18 2015 periodical issue
1 3 y separately published work icon Reflections of a Temporary Self : New and Selected Poems 1979 - 2015 Grant Caldwell , Melbourne : Collective Effort Press , 2015 9165949 2015 selected work poetry

'The poetry of Grant Caldwell spanning over 3 decades of writing - selected and edited by the author.'
1 1 y separately published work icon Love and Derangement Grant Caldwell , Kew : Arcadia , 2014 8646050 2014 single work novel 'This vivid, first-person rendering of a tragi-comic post-adolescent tumult in 1980s Sydney follows Aiden Wallis' attempts at writing his 'Great Works' while being distracted by his weakness for love and derangement.' (Publication summary)
1 Visual Poetry - Crisis and Neglect in the 20th Century and Now Grant Caldwell , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , July vol. 4 no. 1 2014; 'This paper is an investigation into the apparent fluctuating interest in and practice of visual poetry in Western culture through its history and form. The article will address in particular visual poetry (VP) in the 20th and early 21st centuries and the notion that the fluctuation coincides with the ‘crisis of sign’, reflecting a crisis of culture. While the crisis of sign may have been, and may continue to be, a fundamental driver of the 20th-century manifestation of VP, this article will argue that there are other possible factors contributing to its surges of interest, especially in the 20th century.' (Publication abstract)
1 [Untitled] i "'basho'", Grant Caldwell , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Unusual Work , no. 15 2014;
1 Soon Enough When Grant Caldwell , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 44 2012; (p. 77-83)
1 Glass Clouds i "in salutation to your broken genius", Grant Caldwell , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Notes for the Translators : From 142 New Zealand and Australian Poets 2012; (p. 84-87) The Wonder Book of Poetry , September 2013;
1 The Universe of Quanta : Intention and Unintention in Contemporary Lyric Impulse Grant Caldwell , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Scholar , 1 September vol. 1 no. 1 2011; (p. 41-56) 'This essay will examine the role of the unconscious drive in the impulse to write the lyric poem, particularly contemporary lyric verse, in the 'universe of quanta' when meaning and certainty are deemed indeterminate. This impulse or urge to write will be treated as the key part of the central stage in the three-stage process of composition, which will be described, noting its differences and similarities to Paul Valéry's notion of this process. It should be made clear from the outset that this study is concerned with the psychology of composition of lyric verse, and not with the science of objective evaluation of poetry. It will be argued that the unconscious drive in the impulse to write is sourced through 'unintention,' during a 'poetic state,' or 'hyperconsciousness,' (stage II) that is driven by the poet's deep-rooted, subterranean personal forces, in concert with and subsequent to the intention or vocation or preparedness to write poems (stage I). Key to this examination is what I call the 'poet-paradox': the notion that the self is not only what the lyric poet needs to discover and represent, but that it can be most vividly and truly represented only when the poet is not 'present,' during the peculiar focus of the 'hyperconscious,' when the poet is least self-conscious. It will be useful to establish just what it is that lyric poetry expresses, in general terms, and why it is that the difficulty or peculiarity of this expression generally necessitates 'hyperconsciousness.'' (Author's abstract)
1 The Lights Are On i "the irony of green rain", Grant Caldwell , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Age , 4 September 2010; (p. 28) The Best Australian Poems 2011 2011; (p. 27)
1 4 y separately published work icon Glass Clouds Grant Caldwell , Parkville : Five Islands Press , 2010 Z1707683 2010 selected work poetry
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