Robert Gray Robert Gray i(A793 works by) (a.k.a. Robert William Geoffrey Gray)
Born: Established: 1945 Port Macquarie, Port Macquarie area, Hastings River area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 1 y separately published work icon Rain Towards Morning : Selected Poems Robert Gray , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2022 24477881 2022 selected work poetry

'This definitive selection of Robert Gray’s poems reveals him to be the master imagist with a philosophical depth that challenges and surprises by turns. This collection contains original drawings by the author.'  (Publication summary)
1 From 24 Poems Robert Gray , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Poetry 2016;
1 Annotation i "It has always seemed to me that natural things would help us", Robert Gray , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Falling and Flying : Poems on Ageing 2015; (p. 20-21)
1 Last Confessions of a Wordsmith Robert Gray , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 May 2015; (p. 26-27) The Age , 2-3 May 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Sentenced to Life Clive James , 2015 selected work poetry
1 The Latter Days i "I sit on the porch in darkness", Robert Gray , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: PN Review , January/February vol. 41 no. 3 2015; (p. 16-18) The Best Australian Poems 2016 2016; (p. 77-82) The Weekend Australian , 20-21 February 2016; (p. 26)
1 2 y separately published work icon Coast Road : Selected Poems Robert Gray , Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2014 8071458 2014 selected work poetry

'Coast Road: Selected Poems is the definitive Robert Gray collection.

'Robert Gray is a poet renowned for his originality and mastery. With influences and themes ranging from Buddhism and haiku to Modernism and the Romantics, Gray inhabits a landscape at once spare and elaborate, ritualistic and impulsive.' (Publication summary)
1 A Beach Suburb i "The palm tree clatters its lattice", Robert Gray , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-39 March 2014; (p. 16) The Best Australian Poems 2014 2014; (p. 103-104)
1 1 y separately published work icon Daylight Saving Robert Gray , Paul Kane (editor), New York (City) : George Braziller , 2013 7092595 2013 selected work poetry

'Robert Gray has been hailed as “one of the contemporary masters of poetry in English” (Les Murray). This selection of Gray’s finest poems demonstrates his extraordinary capacity to see the world in luminous detail, rendering it with radiant intensity. Both philosophical and sensuous, this is work of remarkable originality.

'Robert Gray is an award-winning poet, widely known throughout Australia and the rest of the world. This selection is of his finest poems spanning a forty-five year career. He lives in Sydney, Australia.' (Publication summary)
1 The Dark Sisters i "If it's possible", Robert Gray , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2013 2013; (p. 168-171) PN Review , January/February vol. 41 no. 3 2015; (p. 15-16)
1 Inscription i "I loved Eleni", Robert Gray , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Love Poems 2013 2013; (p. 17)
1 13 Poems i "A waterbird lifts", Robert Gray , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sense, Shape, Symbol : An Investigation of Australian Poetry 2013; (p. 47)
1 Earthly Music i "The deer rise breast-deep", Robert Gray , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cumulus : Collected Poems 2012; (p. 327-329)
1 Sansouci i "Frederick the Great's", Robert Gray , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cumulus : Collected Poems 2012; (p. 315-318)
1 Minima i "The beautiful in nature", Robert Gray , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cumulus : Collected Poems 2012; (p. 311-314)
1 Tableaux i "The lamp is dangling the shiny lozenges of an obsidian fringe", Robert Gray , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cumulus : Collected Poems 2012; (p. 310)
1 Thinking of Harriet i "Years back, come to Japan, my step-daughter,", Robert Gray , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cumulus : Collected Poems 2012; (p. 302)
1 7 Poems i "All the crushed angles", Robert Gray , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cumulus : Collected Poems 2012; (p. 292)
1 Valedictory i "I have come to an age where youth itself seems a virtue,", Robert Gray , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cumulus : Collected Poems 2012; (p. 290-291)
1 Impromptus i "The motorcycle juggler", Robert Gray , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cumulus : Collected Poems 2012; (p. 286-287)
1 A Northern Town i "From a mound in mist, in the midst", Robert Gray , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cumulus : Collected Poems 2012; (p. 281)
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