Mare’s Nest
Overland, 1978, $3.00, 47pp
Things Which Threaten
Frank Kellaway writes of the things which threaten the equilibrium of man, woman and people kind: napalm, gas chambers, pollution, lovers who go away, lovers who stay, motorcars and cruelty in general.
He can also write of things which have great beauty, but usually as a means of a contrast with the lesser works of the ape that stood up.
There is a poem to the Muse which seems to be obligatory in any collection. It is a rather incestuous habit of poets but one which Kellaway does not indulge to any serious degree. In fact a poem called ‘Moon Madness’ talks of the poet and his craft and is a rather beautiful poem full of some lavish images.
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