Birds and Fish

Life on the Hawkesbury

Robert Adamson

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UPSWELL
01 February 2024

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

The final collection from the award-winning 'poet of the Hawkesbury River'

In the old days I used to think art That was purely imagined could fly higher Than anything real. Now I feel a small fluttering Bird in my own pulse, a connection to the sky. -from 'The Kingfisher's Soul'

In the last year of his life, with the help of friend and poet Devin Johnston, Robert Adamson put together a selection of his writings on the natural world. Birds and Fish defines the presences in his life on the Hawkesbury River and includes excerpts from his autobiography, Inside Out, as well as essays written over the years for Fishing World; some prose poems; and journal excerpts related to his bowerbird Spinoza. Adamson's prose is vivid, precise, and draws on his life on the river and his poetic sensibility. The final book will include selected black and white photographs by Adamson's partner Juno Gemes.

' Adamson

is as deft and resourceful a craftsman as exists, and his poems move with a clarity and ease I find unique.' -Robert Creeley

'Robert Adamson is one of Australia's national treasures.' -John Ashbery

By: Robert Adamson
Imprint: UPSWELL
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 149mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 156g
ISBN: 9780645536904
ISBN 10: 0645536903
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Adamson (1942-2022) was born in Sydney and spent much of his teenage years in a home for juvenile offenders. He discovered poetry while educating himself in jail in his 20s. His first book, Canticles on the Skin, was published in 1970. He published numerous books and was widely awarded for his poetry and memoir. In 2011 he was awarded the Blake Poetry Prize and the Patrick White Award.