Selected Poems

Jordie Albiston is one of Australia’s most accomplished and celebrated poets, and Selected Poems presents a keenly anticipated retrospective of her work. This significant volume offers the reader an enthralling visit to all thirteen of her critically acclaimed poetry collections - many of which have been honoured by national awards.

From as far back as her 1995 debut Nervous Arcs, Albiston’s work has demonstrated a trademark exploration into the liberties and constraints of form. Accompanied by a deep regard for both music and mathematics, this preoccupation has manifested itself in a delight for traditional frameworks (in particular, the sonnet), as well as the generation of new forms.