
Prickly Moses
Compelling poems that celebrate language as it encounters the nameless variety of the natural world, from Australia to Italy
An uncanny blend of the external and the intimate has been a hallmark of Simon West’s poetry for nearly twenty years. In this new collection, the Australian poet and Italianist delights in the transforming and endlessly varied powers of naming and speaking. West’s intensely r...
Compelling poems that celebrate language as it encounters the nameless variety of the natural world, from Australia to Italy
An uncanny blend of the external and the intimate has been a hallmark of Simon West’s poetry for nearly twenty years. In this new collection, the Australian poet and Italianist delights in the transforming and endlessly varied powers of naming and speaking. West’s intensely r...