Hook and Eye: A Selection of Poems [Paperback]

With a Note by Paul KaneThe third in Braziller'sSeries of Australian Poets, Judith Beveridge engages the world in ways thatopen up larger perspectives and deeper understandings. As the critic CliveJames notes, Beveridges work displays unfailing dignity of movement and quietsplendour. Whether in relation to the natural world around us or to our innerworld of intellect and emotion, Beveridges poems call us to account, exaltingour capacity for knowledge and insisting upon the pleasuresandresponsibilitiesof attentiveness.One of Australia's mostacclaimed and accomplished poets, Judith Beveridge combines an intensity andclarity of vision with an unsurpassed fineness of language. Tender andeven affectionate, Beveridges poems model the interaction of spirituality, thenatural world, and selfhood.?