Stuart Barnes

Like To The Lark is a poetic Back to Mine that is diverse in form—from sonnets to new forms invented by Barnes—and in inspiration, from popular culture to classical mythology. Framed by conversations with famous artists, this collection fearlessly explores rape, illness, death, remembrance, ecology, love and joy. The long-awaited second collection from the winner of the 2015 Arts Queensland...

Trumpeting, through blood & bone the glasshouse's yellow stars. Exquisitely crafted, these poems balance attention and adventure, emerging from a 'crUche of stars' to blast wild and high in gilded radiance. With their gorse and honey, their 'yellow spurs' and 'sunstruck ribs', they are luminous and joyful, without forgetting bruises and shadows. Glasshouses is the winner of the 2015 Thomas...