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BIRDS AND FISH IBD

UPSWELL
01 / 2024
9780645536904
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The final collection from the award-winning âÇÖpoet of the Hawkesbury RiverâÇÖIn the old days I used to think artThat was purely imagined could fly higherThan anything real. Now I feel a small flutteringBird in my own pulse, a connection to the sky.-from âÇÖThe KingfisherâÇÖs SoulâÇÖIn the last year of his life, with the help of friend and poet Devin Johnston, Robert Adamson put together a selection of his writings on the natural world.áBirds and Fishádefines the presences in his life on the Hawkesbury River and includes excerpts from his autobiography,áInside Out, as well as essays written over the years foráFishing World, some prose poems, and journal excerpts related to his bowerbird Spinoza.áAdamsonâÇÖs prose is vivid, precise, and draws on his life on the river and his poetic sensibility. The final book will include selected black and white photographs by AdamsonâÇÖs partner Juno Gemes.âÇÖ[Adamson] is as deft and resourceful a craftsman as exists, and his poems move with a clarity and ease I find unique.âÇÖ -Robert CreeleyâÇÖRobert Adamson is one of AustraliaâÇÖs national treasures.âÇÖ -John Ashbery

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