This third collection by Jack Oats pokes fun, casts doubts, evokes anger, brings tears, celebrates Australia’s natural and cultural heritage, shares hope, shows gratitude, gives love.
‘What is impressive is the ambit of this collection, the way Morgan explores with equal authority the natural world, history, mythology, the vagaries of humankind, and grief. A finely-tuned intelligence shines through these poems, which are lexically rich and jam-packed with precise imagery. Her poems marry the down-to-earth to the numinous; they make evident the breadth of Morgan’s engagement with life and with language, and her passion for fusing the two.’ - Kathryn Lomer