Isi Unikowski

What would make the name of a road in Canberra or a Melbourne street as evocative as their more famous counterparts overseas? asks Isi Unikowski in this new collection. The answer lies in his singular perception of what takes place there: whether on the larger canvas of war, racism and decline, to the intimate dramas of childhood, parenthood and ageing....

The Japanese art of 'Kintsugi', the use of gold or other materials to repair and decorate broken pottery, provides the underlying theme of this collection. Time, memory, place and love become the agents that break, bind and repair throughout. In the first section, a series of poems about the connotations and impact of 'place' takes us to real and remembered...