Midnight Journeys

This latest book of poems by albert finney strikes me as slightly unfinshed but worth the journey anyway - if only because of his skilled use of image.

Griffin nominees Ken Babstock (Methodist Hatchet), Phil Hall (Kildeer), Jan Zwicky, Forge

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Sunshine Coast poet John Pass - short-listed for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for his latest book crawlspace (Harbour Publishing).

as the wind rises in the eucalyptus, follows tunnels of light
churning engines hot with promise, murmuring cows that trail swollen udders