Selected Poems: Thomas Shapcott

Author: Thomas Shapcott

AUD $ 30.00

This fine selection brings together the best work of one of Australia's most significant poets. The poems span some thirty years of his publications, from his early "Shabbytown Calendar" (1971) to poems from his recent novel, "The Search for Galina". The first section is a sampler of his range and style. The following sections move chronologically including verse from his novels and performance poetry as well as his latest unpublished poems. Of his poetry, critics have written: "It is mature, worldly and has a presence that is extremely physical. It feels like sculpture." Kate Llewellyn, "Sydney Morning Herald" "The free-verse structures have some of the urgency of an air-letter and the experiments with verbal tropes are happily improvised with no smell of the laboratory about them." Peter Porter, "Age" "The inventive scope of Shapcott is prodigious ... There is not very much poetry as good as Thomas Shapcott's available in this country." Bruce Beaver, "Scripsi"

OTHER TITLES BY SHAPCOTT, THOMAS

The Moment Made Ma...
by Thomas Shapcott
Release Date: 01/07/1999

Price: AUD $ 28.00

With poems by 70 of Australia's finest contemporary poets, this incomparable selection provides a delectable tour of our poetry from 1968 to 1998. Over 160 poems have been selected. They range from wr ...

The Moment Made Ma...
by Thomas Shapcott
Release Date: 01/12/1998

Price: AUD $ 30.00

Parts Of Us
by Thomas Shapcott
Release Date: 01/03/2010

Price: AUD $ 24.95

Parts of Us holds in balance a quiet maturity with a vital energy. Ranging from sonnet sequences to long lyrical meditations, dramatic monologues to more confessional works, these poems are imbued wit ...