Book
Gardening on Mars
Shearsman Books
2025
Abstract
Jane Frank’s third collection of poems transcends terrestrial boundaries, exploring profound connections between the natural world and human experience. Ranging from confessional and ekphrastic poems to surreal evocations of Australian place that express strong emotional connection, these poems maintain a rich dialogue with visual artists and writers of the past and present. Whether she is writing about hang gliding with Leonardo da Vinci, being lost inside a rainforest snow globe or witnessing a pinball game between galaxies, this is tactile and visual writing that bristles with striking language. Moving through her poems is like walking through a forest of imagery, layered and verdant, and is also an expedition through the fabled landscape of imagination and memory where love, longing and loss are familiar compass points. Her poems are often meditations on the joineries of life, the spaces where is meets was and might have been. The introspective is illuminating but there is also an understanding of the ways in which the poet seeks to garden her own life in the face of personal and planetary challenges. The poet is accessible, empathetic and yet displays masterful form and craft. She makes us want to go with her, share the journey, wherever it ends.
Details
- Title
- Gardening on Mars
- Authors
- Jane Frank (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative Industries
- Publication details
- 108 pages
- Publisher
- Shearsman Books
- Date published
- 2025
- ISBN
- 9781848619654
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991169245702621
- Output Type
- Book
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