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Fifteeners

By Jordie Albiston
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Fifteeners offers a compelling reinvention of the sonnet, transforming the classic fourteen-line metre-based form into fifteen-line syllabic poems. Jordie Albiston explores themes of destruction, loss, hope, and the fragile state of our world. These innovative poems invite contemplation through their intricate structure and emotional depth, continuing Albiston's long-standing engagement with the sonnet form.
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This collection will appeal to readers interested in contemporary poetry, especially those curious about formal experimentation and lyric innovation. Fans of thoughtful, evocative verse that engages with cultural and environmental concerns will find it rewarding.

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The sonnet is a classic lyric form that has beguiled and perplexed poets for over seven hundred years. In this, her thirteenth collection, Jordie Albiston re-invents the sonnet structure, trading meter for syllabics, and employing fifteen lines in lieu of the traditional fourteen. Themes of destruction and loss, hope and wonder, and the pressing fate of an unstable world, are coded like enduring questions into the machinery of these extraordinary poems.

Albiston's relationship with the sonnet has prevailed since her earliest work, most notably the highly celebrated and award-winning the sonnet according to 'm '.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922571007

Publisher: Puncher and Wattmann

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: Puncher and Wattmann

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 117g

Pages: 98

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