The poems in this collection move from psychological drama to expressive landscapes, from politics to the secret eloquence of household objects. "(Wallace-Crabbe) shows that verse from Australia can take its place beside the poetry of other great English-language cultures."--Peter Porter, Observer

The Amorous Cannibal

Literature & Fiction

Wallace-Crabbe, Chris

Poetry

Oxford University Press

Following his earlier volume, The Amorous Cannibal, which greatly widened his reputation, Chris Wallace-Crabbe's new collection continues his passion for irony with each poem using both the formality and playfulness of wit to evoke the unknowable and ecstatic.

I'm Deadly Serious (Oxford Paperbacks)

From early work on Australian suburbs to the more public and international playfulness of his contemporary poetry, Chris Wallace-Crabbe has selected poems from eleven collections published between 1959 and 1993 for this book. The poet sought to include poems that, in the mind of his friends, critics, and not least, himself, still "worked." He also intended this selection to bear witness of his past selves in poetry. The poems trace an arc from his life in Australia to the "combination of seriousness and decorative hedonism" found in his poetry today. The result is a fascinating overview of a poet whose style reveals the depth, joy, and fragility of language.

Selected Poems 1956-1994 (Oxford Poets)

This is the fourth collection of poetry by Chris Wallace-Crabbe, a cosmopolitan poet who once again covers a wide range of subjects in a style that is sometimes "deadly serious," sometimes intensely playful and witty, sometimes quite simple in its celebration of the poet's home country, Australia. In Rungs of Time the clutter of living both enchants and perplexes the poet: a poem that lists a hundred or so things that "are in the saddle and ride mankind" contrasts with philosophical introspection.

Rungs of Time (Oxford Poets)

Whirling is a new collection of poems by Chris Wallace-Crabbe, who is much-traveled, and read, and admired equally in America, Britain, and his home country, Australia. He was awarded the distinguished Melbourne Age Book of the Year Award in 1995. His versatile use of language, including vivid Australian slang, is energetic and attractive, sometimes almost distracting his readers from a deeper seriousness and sadness. Whirling offers readers a glimpse into the world of a profound, wide-ranging, and eloquent poet.

Whirling (The Oxford Poets)

Carcanet Press Ltd.

Selected poems

United States

Angus&Robertson

The emotions are not skilled workers: Poems

The Golden Apples of the Sun: Twentieth Century Australian Poetry

Melbourne University Press

Ranging across various forms and tones, this poetry compilation expounds upon the Australian landscape, and its natural objects and inhabitants. Combining humor and gravity, it ponders the destruction of our planet and the detrimental effects of progress.

New and Selected Poems (Oxford Poets series)

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