The Best Australian Poems 2008

Perceptive, inspiring and wonderfully crafted, the poems presented here by Peter Rose are among the most outstanding literary works of 2008. Featuring established poets and promising newcomers, and gathered from a wide range of sources, this collection highlights the sheer brio and diversity of modern Australian verse. Poets Dorothy Porter, Robert Adamson, Judith Beveridge, John Kinsella, Brenda Walker, Les Murray, Clive James, Fay Zwicky, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Lisa Gorton, Rosemary Dobson, Stephen Edgar, Geoffrey Lehman, Tracy Ryan, Laurie Duggan and many more.