The quality of Australian poetry has never been higher, nor the number of distinctive voices greater. A landmark publication, this collection presents the astonishing achievements of Australian poetry during the last quarter of a century. Over ten years in preparation, gathering over 200 poets and 500 poems, it makes the case for this country's poetry as a broadening of the universal set for all English-speakers. 'Somewhat astonishingly,' the introduction notes, 'and while no-one was looking, Australian poetry has developed a momentum and a critical mass such that it has become one more luminous field in the English-speaking imagination. Increasingly, anyone who seeks to explore the perspectives or music available in English will also have to consider the perspectives and music which have originated here - Australia having turned itself, too, into a place in the mind.' Both survey and critical review, this anthology offers a rare opportunity to explore the major national achievement of contemporary Australian poetry.

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- Introduction
- Robert Adamson
- Adam Aitken
- Jordie Albiston
- Ali Alizadeh
- Elizabeth Allen
- Richard James Allen
- Yahia Al-Samawy
- John Anderson
- Chris Andrews
- Louis Armand
- Emily Ballou
- Bruce Beaver
- Luke Beesley
- John Bennett
- Judith Beveridge
- Javant Biarujia
- Judith Bishop
- Kim Cheng Boey
- Ken Bolton
- Peter Boyle
- Margaret Bradstock
- Michael Brennan
- Rachael Briggs
- David Brooks
- Kevin Brophy
- Lachlan Brown
- Pam Brown
- Melinda Bufton
- joanne burns
- Caroline Caddy
- Michelle Cahill
- Elizabeth Campbell
- Marion May Campbell
- Ken Canning / Burraga Gutya
- John Carey
- Bonny Cassidy
- Gary Catalano
- Lee Cataldi
- Julie Chevalier
- Eileen Chong
- Justin Clemens
- Ali Cobby Eckermann
- Hal Colebatch
- Jennifer Compton
- Stuart Cooke
- Louise Crisp
- Julian Croft
- Alison Croggon
- MTC Cronin
- Toby Davidson
- Luke Davies
- Bruce Dawe
- Sarah Day
- Tricia Dearborn
- Richard Deutch
- B.R. Dionysius
- Dan Disney
- Rosemary Dobson
- Ross Donlon
- Lucy Dougan
- Laurie Duggan
- Adrienne Eberhard
- Stephen Edgar
- Chris Edwards
- Rebecca Edwards
- Brook Emery
- Kate Fagan
- Diane Fahey
- Michael Farrell
- Liam Ferney
- Luke Fischer
- Toby Fitch
- Lionel Fogarty
- John Forbes
- John Foulcher
- Claire Gaskin
- Jane Gibian
- Kevin Gilbert
- Keri Glastonbury
- Peter Goldsworthy
- Lisa Gorton
- Alan Gould
- Robert Gray
- Phillip Hall
- Philip Hammial
- Susan Hampton
- Robert Harris
- Jennifer Harrison
- Martin Harrison
- J. S. Harry
- Kevin Hart
- Libby Hart
- Gwen Harwood
- Dennis Haskell
- Michael Heald
- Paul Hetherington
- Dorothy Hewett
- Fiona Hile
- Barry Hill
- Philip Hodgins
- Elizabeth Hodgson
- Sarah Holland-Batt
- L.K. Holt
- Yvette Holt
- Duncan Hose
- Clive James
- Carol Jenkins
- John Jenkins
- A. Frances Johnson
- Judy Johnson
- Emma Jones
- Jill Jones
- Rae Desmond Jones
- Paul Kane
- Antigone Kefala
- Kit Kelen
- S. K. Kelen
- Aileen Kelly
- Jean Kent
- Anna Kerdijk Nicholson
- John Kinsella
- Peter Kirkpatrick
- Andy Kissane
- Mike Ladd
- Martin Langford
- Andrew Lansdown
- Anthony Lawrence
- Bronwyn Lea
- Jeanine Leane
- Lesley Lebkowicz
- Geoffrey Lehmann
- Emma Lew
- Kate Lilley
- Debbie Lim
- Peter Lloyd
- Kathryn Lomer
- Astrid Lorange
- Cameron Lowe
- Roberta Lowing
- Melissa Lucashenko
- Ian McBryde
- David McCooey
- Dennis McDermott
- Mal McKimmie
- Greg McLaren
- Rhyll McMaster
- Kent MacCarter
- Paul Magee
- Mark Mahemoff
- Jennifer Maiden
- David Malouf
- Chris Mansell
- John Mateer
- Kate Middleton
- Graeme Miles
- Peter Minter
- Sudesh Mishra
- Scott-Patrick Mitchell
- Rod Moran
- David Mortimer
- Les Murray
- David Musgrave
- Vera Newsom
- Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng
- Ted Nielsen
- Mark O’Connor
- Mark O’Flynn
- Ouyang Yu
- Jan Owen
- Louise Oxley
- Geoff Page
- Phyllis Perlstone
- Felicity Plunkett
- Marcella Polain
- Dorothy Porter
- Peter Porter
- Craig Powell
- David Prater
- Ron Pretty
- Bob Randall
- Mark Reid
- Nick Riemer
- Homer Rieth
- Judith Rodriguez
- Peter Rose
- David Rowbotham
- Robyn Rowland
- Brendan Ryan
- Gig Ryan
- Tracy Ryan
- Omar Sakr
- Philip Salom
- Andrew Sant
- Jaya Savige
- John A. Scott
- Thomas Shapcott
- Michael Sharkey
- Shen
- Nathan Shepherdson
- Craig Sherborne
- Alex Skovron
- Melinda Smith
- Pip Smith
- Vivian Smith
- Nicolette Stasko
- Peter Steele
- Kathleen Stewart
- James Stuart
- Patricia Sykes
- Maria Takolander
- Andrew Taylor
- Tim Thorne
- John Tranter
- Mark Tredinnick
- Dimitris Tsaloumas
- Todd Turner
- Ann Vickery
- Sam Wagan Watson
- Louise Wakeling
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- Ania Walwicz
- John Watson
- Meredith Wattison
- Alan Wearne
- John West
- Simon West
- Petra White
- Nick Whittock
- Les Wicks
- Adrian Wiggins
- Jessica L. Wilkinson
- Jane Williams
- Lauren Williams
- Ed Wright
- Fiona Wright
- Morgan Yasbincek
- Maria Zajkowski
- Jakob Ziguras
- Fay Zwicky
- Biographies
- Acknowledgements
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