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'Against the backdrop of a world in crisis these poems speak of grief and beauty, of spirituality and resilience. Poems responding to nature, ekphrastic poems and meditations on the randomness of fate sit alongside more personal poems of loss, while in the title sequence dream narratives are interspersed with often short, highly visual poems in an extended questioning of what it means to live and write in the face of mortality.' (Publication summary)
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Peter Boyle : Notes Towards the Dreambook of Endings
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , no. 16 2021;
— Review of Notes Towards the Dreambook of Endings 2020 selected work poetry 'Peter Boyle’s new book should probably be read in conjunction with his previous volume Enfolded in the Wings of a Great Darkness as being profoundly influenced by the death of his partner. These are poems where death, memories, otherworlds and revenants turn up regularly. But it would be wrong to see it as marking any kind or radical change in emphasis in Boyle’s distinctive and impressive poetry. As far as I can see (and critically guess) it’s a matter of an altered emphasis on themes which have been present since his first book, Coming Home from the World.' (Introduction)
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Peter Boyle : Notes Towards the Dreambook of Endings
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , no. 16 2021;
— Review of Notes Towards the Dreambook of Endings 2020 selected work poetry 'Peter Boyle’s new book should probably be read in conjunction with his previous volume Enfolded in the Wings of a Great Darkness as being profoundly influenced by the death of his partner. These are poems where death, memories, otherworlds and revenants turn up regularly. But it would be wrong to see it as marking any kind or radical change in emphasis in Boyle’s distinctive and impressive poetry. As far as I can see (and critically guess) it’s a matter of an altered emphasis on themes which have been present since his first book, Coming Home from the World.' (Introduction)
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