Look, The Kingfisher!
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Ian Mudie's Look, the Kingfisher! is a vibrant collection of poetry rooted in the Australian landscape, capturing the raw beauty and spirit of a continent through verse that is at once lyrical, earthy, and deeply nationalistic. Mudie, one of Australia's most passionate mid-twentieth-century poets, chronicles the sights, sounds, and pulse of Australian life — from the flash of a kingfisher darting across a creek to the broad, sun-scorched rhythms of the outback — with an immediacy and warmth that makes the natural world feel alive on the page. A proud inheritor of the Australian bush poetry tradition, Mudie writes with a democratic fervour and a deep respect for the working people and landscapes that shaped a nation's identity. His verse argues, with quiet conviction, that Australia's soul is found not in its cities but in its open spaces, its wildlife, and its people — and this collection stands as a testament to that belief, leaving the reader with an urge to look up, pay attention, and wonder what they, too, might have been missing.
Author: Ian Mudie
Format: Hardback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Ian Mudie's Look, the Kingfisher! is a vibrant collection of poetry rooted in the Australian landscape, capturing the raw beauty and spirit of a continent through verse that is at once lyrical, earthy, and deeply nationalistic. Mudie, one of Australia's most passionate mid-twentieth-century poets, chronicles the sights, sounds, and pulse of Australian life — from the flash of a kingfisher darting across a creek to the broad, sun-scorched rhythms of the outback — with an immediacy and warmth that makes the natural world feel alive on the page. A proud inheritor of the Australian bush poetry tradition, Mudie writes with a democratic fervour and a deep respect for the working people and landscapes that shaped a nation's identity. His verse argues, with quiet conviction, that Australia's soul is found not in its cities but in its open spaces, its wildlife, and its people — and this collection stands as a testament to that belief, leaving the reader with an urge to look up, pay attention, and wonder what they, too, might have been missing.