Luke Beesley

"He seems to start writing a poem and then becomes shocked, stunned, by a word he's just put down, unable to go past it, as if discovering the letters for the first time, as if the poem has somehow written him." Kirsten Krauth, The Australian Jam Sticky Vision is the successor to Luke Beesley's highly-regarded third book of poetry, New...

New Works on Paper is remarkable for its surreal logic and imagery. Things as familiar as bread and pencils—as strangely menacing as Serena Williams’ earring or Keira Knightly’s jaw—clash with the unrelenting forces of time, desire, and the natural world. The poems are witty and erotic in their wild energy, surprising, edgy, and angular in their shifting perspectives, full of...

Shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal 2019 Melbourne poet Luke Beesley's third collection with Giramondo. Aqua Spinach rounds out a trilogy of books interested in the affinities between poetry and other media—visual arts, music, and particularly in this collection, cinema. The poems in Aqua Spinach blend observation, memory, and anecdote, producing surrealistic imagery as they pivot and twist from image...