Ellipse: A Collection of Transnational and Post-Colonial Poetry

by Danielle Shelley Carr

A collection of original Australian poetry with transnational and diasporic themes, in a broad range of genres from verse novel to sonnet to French ballade.

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102 pages, Paperback

First published June 13, 2012

About the author

Bachelor of Arts (Media Studies)
Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing and Editing)
Master of Arts (Professional Writing) Research stream

First Prize national writing competition at age 14, judged by Phillip Adams

published novels: Blood for St Valentine, and The Orphan of Botany Bay, Ellipse - a poetry collection, and Raiders of the Headland, a short story collection

poetry published in Avant, Cursive Scripts, Windmills and Southerly, national journal of Sydney University, university journals

'Zaida the Zombie Queen', a verse novel performed by RMIT Theatre

'Requiem For The Undead', a Gothic mystery thriller play adapted and broadcast Theatre of the Air, Melbourne radio

Reviews

[Kim Blackburn]

Ellipse A Collection of Transnational and Post-Colonial Poetry is a collection of poetry that ranges from modern to mythical and includes topics from the futurism of space to the Australian landscape.
Some of the genres represented are: the verse novel, villanelle, the sonnet, ballad and opera.
Whether you like poetry or not, this book brings out a range of emotions that all can easily feel.
I especially liked "Ellypsus - An epic.

"There is a people who exist between the boundaries within the Earth,
their Kingdom can be found amongst the Trees,
in humble abodes built up from the mud,
they singularly subsist off the ground,
living as a collective under the Crown. "

This is the first verse of "Ellypsus". Anything mythical or of fantasy takes you to a world different from our own or does it?
You decide.

I liked this book.

[Kanaida]

an amazing read! full of imaginative and coulourful poems and other treats. The Jane Eyre musical was a particular highlight but my favourite poem was 'voices in the dark' was filled with references to the theater and the experiences being at the theater brings.