The Balcony (UQP Poetry Series) By David Brooks

Poetry The balcony railing

David Brooks has published several collections of poetry short fiction and essays and four novels The House of Balthus 1995 The Fern Tattoo 2007 The Umbrella Club 2009 and The Conversation 2012 His work has been highly acclaimed widely translated and anthologised and shortlisted for the Miles Franklin New South Wales Premier s Adelaide Festival and many other awards In 2011 he published The Sons of Clovis Ern Malley Ador Floupette and a secret history of Australian poetry He teaches Australian literature at the University of Sydney is co editor of the journal Southerly lives in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales and spends a small part of each year in a village on the sea coast of Slovenia Librarian Note There David Brooks has published several collections of poetry short fiction and essays and four novels The House of Balthus 1995 The Fern Tattoo 2007 The Umbrella Club 2009 and The Conversation 2012 His work has been highly acclaimed widely translated and anthologised and shortlisted for the Miles Franklin New South Wales Premier s Adelaide Festival and many other awards In 2011 he published The Sons of Clovis Ern Malley Ador Floupette and a secret history of Australian poetry He teaches Australian literature at the University of Sydney is co editor of the journal Southerly lives in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales and spends a small part of each year in a village on the sea coast of Slovenia Librarian Note There is than one author by this name site_link Believing that erotic love is one of the highest forms of contemplation this stunning new collection from one of the quiet masters of modern Australian poetry explores the depths of learning to live life to the fullest These poems contemplate all that is beautiful in the world and much that is not and transform it into something sacred From the snowy balconies of Central Europe to the white hot suburbs of Sydney this selection of contemporary poetry encompasses the globe in its endless search for enriched life The Balcony UQP Poetry Series This book The poems are stunning Perfectly restrained sensual and to be discovered many times A keeper David Brooks Brooks is an exceptional poet He writes so beautifully of love in all its forms of grief and of regret He excels at writing of nature and I love how perfectly he captures those moments of stillness and quiet at night when he s awake but all others around are asleep or distant Too many brilliant poems to name all my favourites David Brooks This is a sexy sexy book of poetry I read it in one night couldn t put it down just wanted it to keep going The back says it s uplifting I think that s a pretty good word for it It s supposed to be 77 love poems If the poems weren t so darned full of erotica you might even be able to read one at a wedding or something The IbexMy panther is active tonight hungry intent nobody s business but her ownnot contentto leave me gutted by moonlight I must beher lair thingher skin to lie on her grawed bone. Book the balcony Rrrrrrrowr Recommend you read with some champagne and strawberries on hand and possibly someone panther like David Brooks