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Dead Certs

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December 2003–January 2004, no. 257

The Best Australian Poems 2003 edited by Peter Craven

Black Inc., $29.95 pb, 383 pp

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

The Best Australian Poetry 2003 edited by Martin Duwell

University of Queensland Press, $22 pb, 141 pp

Dead Certs

by
December 2003–January 2004, no. 257

Writing this on the first Tuesday in November, I am struck by how different contemporary Australian poetry is from the Melbourne Cup. There is no money in poetry, of course, and in horse racing everyone, even the horses, are much better dressed. What’s more, despite complaints to the contrary, the returns are usually better when it comes to reading poetry than spending your days at the TAB. Martin Duwell’s The Best Australian Poetry 2003 and Peter Craven’s The Best Australian Poems 2003 are dead certs, compared to the boundless unreliability of horses.

The Best Australian Poems 2003

The Best Australian Poems 2003

edited by Peter Craven

Black Inc., $29.95 pb, 383 pp

The Best Australian Poetry 2003

The Best Australian Poetry 2003

edited by Martin Duwell

University of Queensland Press, $22 pb, 141 pp

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