The Best Australian Poems 2014

The Best Australian Poems #12

by Geoff Page (Editor), Carolyn Abbs (Contributor), Robert Adamson (Contributor)

In The Best Australian Poems 2014, award-winning poet Geoff Page compiles an anthology that celebrates both the established and the emerging, the classical and the pioneering in contemporary Australian poetry. This is a lively, colourful and resonant collection for readers and writers alike.

Genres: Poetry

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 2014

About the author

Geoff Page has published twenty-four collections of poetry as well as two novels, five verse novels and several other works. His awards include the Grace Leven Prize, the Christopher Brennan Award, the Queensland Premier’s Prize for Poetry, the 2001 Patrick White Award and the 2017 ACU Prize for Poetry. His most recent books are Elegy for Emily: A Verse Biography of Emily Remler (Puncher & Wattmann, 2019) and In medias res (Pitt Street Poetry, 2019).

Reviews

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this selection of Australian poems from 2014 there is something to suit everyone’s tastes.
Poetry is often overlooked though it can express an idea or emotion and tell a story just as well as any other genre.
A powerful and intriguing medium always worth a wander.

[Annie Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very clever people up there with those who write a whole book and better still those who write a series.
I am not usually ingrained in reading poetry but gave it a go and would do so again. Some I could comprehend, others no so.

[Highlyeccentric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting, as usual! This was a gift from clavicularity, who accepted my peculiar request without question.

I'm posting some selections to speculumannorum.tumblr.com over the next few weeks. I particularly liked Victoria McGrath's The Last Say.

[Kristin Alford · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are some heart-breakingly beautiful poems in this collection and the curation to create mood and flow is noticeable and appreciated.