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Andrew Lansdown's latest poetry collection, Abundance, contains poems from eleven of his earlier collections and poems that are previously uncollected. These poems gain power from the poet's mastery of poetic form and technique. They range widely in theme, tone, style, and subject--from an aboriginal man playing the digeridoo in prison to a widow addressing a prophet in Phoenicia; from kangaroos crossing a firebreak to a man asleep in a library; from the emptiness of black bamboo to the fullness of a father's heart; from a pregnant mother dying for the faith in shogunal Japan to the poet's mother joining an American-style sacred-harp choir in heaven. This collection offers readers an abundance.
About the author
Andrew Lansdown is the author of seventeen poetry collections, two poetry and photography collections, two children's poetry collections, two short story collections, and three novels. His poetry has been widely published in journals, newspapers, and anthologies and has won a number of prestigious awards. His first Poiema Poetry Series book, Abundance: New and Selected Poems (2020), was shortlisted for the Australian Christian Book of the Year Award. He is an adjunct lecturer in creative writing at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education.
