{"product_id":"2026100010649-secondhand-poems","title":"Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the heart of early twentieth-century Australia emerges the voice of Frank Wilmot — better known by his pen name Furnley Maurice — a poet whose lyrical vision captured the spirit of a nation finding its identity. This carefully curated selection, assembled by the distinguished scholar Percival Serle, presents the finest works of one of Australia's most beloved and significant poets, whose verse ranged from tender domestic observations to sweeping meditations on war, nature, and the human condition. Maurice's poetry, rooted in the Australian landscape and its people, carries an unmistakable warmth and intellectual depth that set him apart from his contemporaries.\n\nCompiled with the rigour of a literary biographer, Serle's selection illuminates the full arc of Maurice's poetic career, chronicling his evolution from an idealistic young voice to a mature artist grappling with questions of social justice, beauty, and national identity. The verse presented here argues quietly but powerfully for the dignity of ordinary life, rendered in language that is both accessible and richly imagined. For readers of Australian literary history, and for those discovering Maurice for the first time, this volume stands as an enduring testament to a poet whose work deserves to be read — and remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736447488219,"sku":"2026100010649-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6ad21f81-6c68-4e00-8c90-eed8bb3a1470.png?v=1792123022","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010649-secondhand-poems","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}