Michael Farrell
'Christmas In Brogo', a poem by Michael Farrell.
... (read more)Near Believing: Selected monologues and narratives 1967–2021 by Alan Wearne
by Michael Farrell •
Near Believing: Selected monologues and narratives 1967–2021 by Alan Wearne
by Michael Farrell •
We bring the horses back to their own fields because we like / To see them among purple hay as if they signify black seeds / A hoof can break any kind of feeling along a dramatic stretch / The gate is where I go to then proclaim my woes to his street ...
... (read more)Luke Beesley reviews three new poetry collections by MTC Cronin, Jordie Albiston, and Michael Farrell
by Luke Beesley •
If I were to make gauche generalisations about the poetics of MTC Cronin, Jordie Albiston, and Michael Farrell, I might respectively write conceptual, technical, and experimental. But these established poets – each in their fifties, highly regarded – display fluency with all these descriptors, especially in their latest books.
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