Translations from the Natural World

The centerpiece of this collection of poems is "Presence," a sequence of forty "translations from the natural world" about a variety of settings and their amazing denizens. Lyre birds, honeycombs, sea lions, possums, all act as spurs for Murray''s protean talent for description and imitation.

"Even with a score of volumes and a king''s ransom of literary honors to his credit, Australian poet Murray...