The Best 100 Poems of Gwen Harwood

By: Gwen Harwood

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Paperback | 3 May 2022

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‘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 Harwood’s work is defined by a moving sensuality, a twinkling irreverence and a sly wit. This anthology brings together the best 100 of her poems, as selected and compiled by her son, the writer John Harwood.

About the Author

Gwen Harwood, one of Australia’s most celebrated poets and librettists, published over 420 works in her lifetime, many of which continue to be studied widely in schools and universities across Australia. She has won the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, and the Patrick White Award. She died in 1995, aged seventy-five.

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