The Essential D. G. Jones Fiction Poetry Australia

Poetry Australia

Always Now

this act simultaneously saves their lives and also brings them close to death

to playing war games in the forest and

The Essential D. G. Jones Fiction Poetry AustraliaIn The Essential D. G. Jones, volume editor Jim Johnstone presents a selection of the most important writings of Douglas Gordon Jones, one of the few of Canadas great lyric poets to expertly straddle the line between the modern and postmodern era. Known for his confident and elemental lyrics, and subtle shifts in diction, tone and voice, the poetry of D. G. Jones offers a portal to the natural world. Though initially his poetry tended toward formality