Net Needle - Softcover

Robert Adamson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0990340716 ISBN 13: 9780990340713

Publisher: Flood Editions, 2015

Synopsis

Robert Adamson's Net Needle brings together the presiding influences of his life, early and late. He casts an affectionate eye on the Hawkesbury fishermen who "stitched their lives into my days," childhood escapades, lost literary comrades, the light and tides of the river, and the ambiance of his youth. Throughout, he is characteristically attuned to the natural world, sketching encounters both intimate and strange. These are poems of clear-eyed vision and mastery, borne of long experience, alert and at ease.

About this title

About the Author

Born in 1943, Robert Adamson is a celebrated Australian poet. He lives with his partner, photographer Juno Gemes, on the Hawkesbury River to the north of Sydney in Australia. Over the past five decades he has produced twenty books of poetry, including most recently Net Needle (Flood Editions, 2015). He has been awarded the Christopher Brennan Prize for lifetime achievement, the Patrick White Award, and The Age Book of the Year Award for The Goldfinches of Baghdad (Flood Editions, 2006). He currently holds the Chair in Poetry at the University of Technology, Sydney.

From the Back Cover

"Could it possibly be close to forty years ago when Bob Creeley and Robert Duncan first brought back the news about an extraordinary young Australian poet? I've avidly followed Bob Adamson's work since those days, as he has probed the inner and outer landscapes of his environment with inspirited precision. 'Praise life with broken words.' Eye and ear, none better."--Michael Palmer

Edition details

• Publisher: Flood Editions
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0990340716
• ISBN 13: 9780990340713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112