Jam Tree Gully: Poems

ISBN: 0393341402

Author: Kinsella, John

Condition: New

Product Description"One of the most original and poignantly authentic poets writing in English."-Harold Bloom In this daring new collection, Australia's preeminent environmental poet confronts the legacy of Thoreau's Walden. With Walden as his inspiration, John Kinsella moved with his family back to rural Australia, where he wrote the poems in this original collection exploring the nature of our responsibility and connection to the land.from "We Spend Days in This House"We spend days in this house but not nights.We have seen the early morning sunlightinfiltrate the eucalypts, sunset deflectedby acacias. We have sweltered at midday.We have walked every acre intimately.The kangaroos recognise us and linger.We spend days in this house but not nights.About the AuthorJohn Kinsella is the author of over thirty books, including the critically acclaimed Jam Tree Gully and Firebreaks. He is a Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge, and professor of literature and environment at Curtin University. In 2007 he received the Fellowship of Australian Writers Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry. He lives at Jam Tree Gully in the Western Australian Wheatbelt.