The Best 100 Poems of Gwen Harwood

by Gwen Harwood

Book Overview

'The outstanding Australian poet of the twentieth century' -Peter Porter

O could one write as one makes love

when all is given and nothing kept,

then language might put by at last

its coy elisions and inept

withdrawals, yield, and yielding cast

aside like useless clothes the crust

of worn and shabby use, and trust

its candour to the urgent mind

its beauty to the searching tongue.

Gwen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760643653
• ISBN13: 9781760643652
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Black Inc.
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.8"