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Experience the enchanting world of *Acanthus*, a groundbreaking poetry collection by one of Australia's premier lyrical poets. Released by Giramondo Publishing in 2022, this BRAND NEW title (ISBN: 9781925818956) has been ten years in the making, capturing the essence of longing and transformation through evocative verses. Dive into the rich landscapes of both the northern and southern hemispheres as Potter's masterful storytelling takes you on a journey blending myth, romance, and fantasy.
The poems within *Acanthus* resonate deeply, connecting the celestial with the physical, the imagined with the real. Discover an array of surreal gardens, witches, monsters, and cloud-filled rooms that encapsulate the poet's profound understanding of our human experiences. Each poem creatively intertwines, presenting a tapestry of dramatic readings that invite readers to explore the spaces between.
Potter’s work challenges us to reflect on poignant encounters, blending themes of grief, childhood, and love within a mythical context. This collection not only showcases the beauty of words but also inspires an exploration of transformation and the complex emotions that accompany it. Immerse yourself in *Acanthus* and witness how dreams and realities beautifully collide.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925818956
Year: 2022
Publisher: Giramondo Publishing
Description:
New collection, ten years in the making, by one of Australia’s richest lyrical poets.
Acanthus offers a collection of poems that dwell in the landscapes of the northern and southern hemispheres, evoking myth and fantasy and romance, as they move between observation and imagination. At the heart of Potter’s poetry is a keen awareness of the power of transformation, which brings the celestial and the physical, the imagined and the real closer to hand.The poems hold an ear to those wandering figures who, like Icarus, search the peripheries of those adjoining worlds for a way through, but instead often fall against the clockwork of the ordinary. Surreal gardens, repetitive geometry, rooms of clouds, witches and monsters, lie not outside the natural world but directly within it, mixing poetry and quotation, dream with prose. Each poem coexist at an angle to the next, sitting as if within the net of a wider page, seeking to embody the dramatic sense of reading and of falling right through its spaces.
'Acanthus combines dream-like clarity with sudden violent metamorphosis. The title recalls a story from Vitruvius: how, in spring, an acanthus plant flowered through a child’s grave; how this inspired Callimachus to carve the Corinthian capital. Potter quotes Derrida: everything will flower at the edge of a desolate tomb. Grief and remembering, flowering greenness and carved stone: the poetry is shaped by such elemental forces. The poems of childhood, of elegy, of lovers’ meetings and separations are everywhere subject to a mythical vision of human encounters.
The poems within *Acanthus* resonate deeply, connecting the celestial with the physical, the imagined with the real. Discover an array of surreal gardens, witches, monsters, and cloud-filled rooms that encapsulate the poet's profound understanding of our human experiences. Each poem creatively intertwines, presenting a tapestry of dramatic readings that invite readers to explore the spaces between.
Potter’s work challenges us to reflect on poignant encounters, blending themes of grief, childhood, and love within a mythical context. This collection not only showcases the beauty of words but also inspires an exploration of transformation and the complex emotions that accompany it. Immerse yourself in *Acanthus* and witness how dreams and realities beautifully collide.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925818956
Year: 2022
Publisher: Giramondo Publishing
Description:
New collection, ten years in the making, by one of Australia’s richest lyrical poets.
Acanthus offers a collection of poems that dwell in the landscapes of the northern and southern hemispheres, evoking myth and fantasy and romance, as they move between observation and imagination. At the heart of Potter’s poetry is a keen awareness of the power of transformation, which brings the celestial and the physical, the imagined and the real closer to hand.The poems hold an ear to those wandering figures who, like Icarus, search the peripheries of those adjoining worlds for a way through, but instead often fall against the clockwork of the ordinary. Surreal gardens, repetitive geometry, rooms of clouds, witches and monsters, lie not outside the natural world but directly within it, mixing poetry and quotation, dream with prose. Each poem coexist at an angle to the next, sitting as if within the net of a wider page, seeking to embody the dramatic sense of reading and of falling right through its spaces.
'Acanthus combines dream-like clarity with sudden violent metamorphosis. The title recalls a story from Vitruvius: how, in spring, an acanthus plant flowered through a child’s grave; how this inspired Callimachus to carve the Corinthian capital. Potter quotes Derrida: everything will flower at the edge of a desolate tomb. Grief and remembering, flowering greenness and carved stone: the poetry is shaped by such elemental forces. The poems of childhood, of elegy, of lovers’ meetings and separations are everywhere subject to a mythical vision of human encounters.