Motley Leaves

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‘Motley Leaves’: contemporary lyric poetry, 2nd edition, the second of 3 poetry books by Quentin Willowby.

‘Melbourne so Far Away, ’ published 1981, ‘Motley Leaves’. 2017, and ‘Roses in the Rain’, 2021.

Over the past 40 years Quentin Willowby has written verse about:

social stresses and spiritual support, climate change, and his experience of nature and the world. family and the beauty of childhood
travels and the discovery of other cultures

And 17-year-old Jim Hartley’s journey to the antipodes in 1844. A young convict, sent to Van Diemen’s Land.

Travels: Australiato the Arctic, Tahiti, New York, and Vietnam - many views.