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Todd Turner Todd Turner i(A121741 works by)
Born: Established: 1971 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Swept a Valediction i "Each with a wooden box and a broom", Todd Turner , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 February 2021; (p. 18)
1 3 y separately published work icon Thorn Todd Turner , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2020 19145031 2020 selected work poetry

'Todd Turner’s second book, Thorn, is an expansive and intimate collection whose poems open out with a strong and developed voice to encompass a broad range of subject matter. There are odes and elegies, stunning evocations of birds and animals, a sequence of elegant engagements with the work of influential poets, the rough and tumble of personal history and deep immersions in place. This is a poet with a reverence for the power of language who engages the large and small particulars of the world with intense resolve and resounding clarity.'

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1 The Raft Todd Turner , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 32 no. 1/2 2018; (p. 187-188)
1 Road to La Masiera i "It is good to be on the patched", Todd Turner , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 155 2018; (p. 75)
1 Horse i "Bending to the earth, the silhouette of a horse is a hillside, dense as almond wood.", Todd Turner , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 January 2017; (p. 17) The Best Australian Poems 2017 2017; (p. 150)
1 The Fall i "I can tell you, when your horse began to slip", Todd Turner , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May vol. 80 no. 2017;
1 Thread i "A pulse, an inkling. Numinous wellings.", Todd Turner , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2016; Meanjin , Winter vol. 75 no. 2 2016; (p. 118)
1 A Penance i "Then I looked hard into the creek for a shape", Todd Turner , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Prayers of a Secular World 2015; (p. 110-111)
1 Villanelle for a Calf i "I can still remember the sound.", Todd Turner , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 October no. 52.0 2015;
1 Tiny Ruins i "Out of season and running against the grain,", Todd Turner , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 73 no. 4 2014; (p. 85)
1 Magpies i "Easily mistaken as unearthly yet far more grounded than otherworldly", Todd Turner , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2014 2014; (p. 119-120)
1 The Juggler i "Beneath the perpetual orbit", Todd Turner , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Snorkel , April no. 19 2014;
1 Theory of a Shadow i "Think of a bird", Todd Turner , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , August 2013;
1 September on Gasworks Bridge i "It has been a long day to say the least.", Todd Turner , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , July 2013;
1 Leaving My Place on the River i "Standing at the window,", Todd Turner , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , June 2013;
1 Bonsai Wattle i "Thin-stemmed, pegged to the soil", Todd Turner , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 3 no. 1 2013; (p. 59-61)
1 8 y separately published work icon Woodsmoke Todd Turner , Fitzroy North : Black Pepper , 2013 6484291 2013 selected work poetry

'Todd Turner writes poetry of unfashionable warmth. Woodsmoke, which is an occasional motif throughout the book, refers to the ancient resins which fire draws upon in burning. The smoke is the signal, the equivalent of the poem. His unforced measured language yields deeply moving poems–whether on the death of a brother or the loss of market gardens.' (Publication summary)
1 River Birds i "Blue ash-coloured drift clouds far off and west", Todd Turner , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 August 2013; (p. 25) Australian Love Poems 2013 2013; (p. 168)
1 Woodsmoke i "It plumes from the fire's red hearth,", Todd Turner , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 71 no. 2 2012; (p. 172)
1 Seeds i "Dreaming in the night", Todd Turner , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 71 no. 2 2012; (p. 170-171)
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