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Jacinta Le Plastrier

Poem of the Week - 'Neuroward2East' by Jacinta Le Plastrier

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January-February 2016, no. 378
Our fifth 'Poem of the Week' is ‘Neuroward2East’ by Jacinta Le Plastrier. ABR’s Poetry Editor, Lisa Gorton, introduces Jacinta who then discusses and reads her poem. ... (read more)

Books of the Year 2015

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December 2015, no. 377

Jennifer Maiden's The Fox Petition: New Poems (Giramondo) conjures foxes 'whose eyes were ghosts with pity' and foxes of language that transform the world's headlines

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The Weekly Poem: 52 Exercises in closed and open forms edited by Jordie Albiston

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May 2015, no. 371
Jacinta Le Plastrier reviews 'The Weekly Poem' edited by Jordie Albiston

Discussing the genesis of a poem, W.H. Auden told Paris Review that at any given time he had two things on his mind: ‘a theme that interests me and a problem of verbal form, meter, diction, etc. The theme looks for the right form; the form looks for the right theme. When the two come together, I am able to start writing.’ Australian poet Jordie Albiston ...

Signal Flare by Anthony Lawrence

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February 2014, no. 358
Jacinta Le Plastrier reviews 'Signal Flare' by Anthony Lawrence

A signal flare, known mostly for its use as a maritime distress signal, has the ability to illuminate a disproportionately large area for what can also seem, given its intimate, hand-held origin, an unnaturally sustained time of several minutes. It is also the title of Anthony Lawrence’s fourteenth collection of poetry. While the phrase itself is not to be found in any of the poems, the poetic idea offered by ‘signal flare’ is powerful and lights its terrain.

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