{"product_id":"selected-poems-1960-1985-by-andrew-taylor","title":"'Selected Poems 1960–1985' by Andrew Taylor","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAndrew Taylor’s selected poems expand across twenty-five years of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eMoving from the early poems of \u003cem\u003eThe Cool Change\u003c\/em\u003e through \u003cem\u003eIce Fishing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Invention of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e and later collections, the book traces a poetry practice that is deeply dedicated to articulation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe poems consequently are spare, almost littered, often beginning in the recognisable before letting the metaphorical slip in. The poems shown here in the photos are pretty clear towards the style, “Since you left \/ the whole world has gone too” moves grief into discarded objects and landscape, while elsewhere the apparently ordinary sight of a wet railway verge becomes an argument with ageing, expectation and disappointment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis revised selection expands the original 1982 \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems 1960–1980\u003c\/em\u003e to include work through 1985. Taylor remains an important figure in postwar Australian poetry, and this is a substantial introduction to his early and middle-period work. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniversity of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1988. Revised edition. Paperback. Light general shelf wear and mild edge rubbing; pages lightly age-toned. Internally clean and firmly bound. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46387490553939,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-20T162319.836.png?v=1789885526","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/selected-poems-1960-1985-by-andrew-taylor","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}