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Stephen Edgar
B. 1951
Stephen Edgar (b. 1951) has been described by Clive James as standing out “among recent Australian poets for the perfection of his craft, a limitless wealth of cultural reference and…
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How formal and polite, How grave they look, burdened with earnest thoughts, In all these set-up sepia stills, Almost as if, embarrassed and contrite To be caught practising their…
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Lulled in a nook of North West Bay, The water swells against the sand, Hardly more liquid than Venetian glass, In which clear surface, just a little way From…
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Hardly a feature in the evening sky As yet-near the horizon the cold glow Of rose and mauve which, as you look on high, Deepens to Giotto’s dream of…
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Incident at Grantley Manor - Stephen Edgar
Seven o’clock, the time set in his mind Like herbs displayed in aspic, as the chimes Were striking. Then the squeaking of his shoes’ Black leather tread, pacing those…
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Anthony Lawrence
B. 1957
…travels – through Ireland, Canada, Italy, Tibet and Italy – have provided a rich material which gives both a sense of adventure and immediacy to his work. Stephen Edgar, reviewing…