A Kinder Sea

Description

An outstanding collection from one of Australia's most highly regarded poets. A Kinder Sea is Felicity Plunkett's masterpiece in the original sense of that term- the work that most fully expresses her gifts. This collection explores the sea as sanctuary, hoard and repository. It is composed of sequences- love letters, elegies, narratives and odes. Plunkett's combination of intensity and range is rare, as is this collection's formal precision and emotional directness. This is an exceptional collection- a break-out work for this gifted poet.

Felicity Plunkett is a Sydney poet and critic. Her first book, Vanishing Point, won the Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for several other awards. She has a chapbook, Seastrands, in Vagabond Press's Rare Objects series and is the editor of Thirty Australian Poets (UQP, 2011). She has a PhD from the University of Sydney and is a widely published essayist and reviewer. Felicity is the recipient of Australian Book Review's 2019 Patrons' Fellowship.

'A Kinder Sea is Felicity Plunkett's masterpiece in the original sense of that term: the work that most fully expresses her gifts.' Lisa Gorton 'These poems are full of wishes, prayers, songs, confessions, dreams, letters and divinations. Like the oceans that inhabit it, this collection is rich, mysterious and bountiful. A Kinder Sea is a stunning collection. It shows us that unwavering artistry and profound humanity can indeed belong together.' David McCooey 'A Kinder Sea exists in both the past and the future while remaining unmistakably alive in the present moment. This book should be read slowly and lusciously, so each poem can rest on your tongue like a jewel.' Simon Tedeschi