{"product_id":"2026600000549-secondhand-in-an-australian-country-graveyard-and-other-poems","title":"In An Australian Country Graveyard: And Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich and evocative collection of verse, In an Australian Country Graveyard: And Other Poems presents the work of Hal Porter, one of Australia's most distinctive literary voices, known for his sharp observational wit and ornate, precise prose style translated here into poetry. The collection anchors itself in the landscapes, histories, and quiet melancholies of rural Australia, using the graveyard as a powerful central metaphor for memory, mortality, and national identity. Porter's verse illustrates a deeply personal engagement with place, rendering the Australian countryside not as a backdrop but as a living, breathing presence haunted by the lives of those who came before. Written with the same baroque intensity that characterises his prose and autobiography, the poems move between elegy and irony, tenderness and detachment, offering readers a portrait of a culture grappling with its own impermanence. This is essential reading for admirers of mid-twentieth-century Australian literature and anyone drawn to poetry that finds the universal within the intensely local.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792282988763,"sku":"2026600000549-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4665dfda-70cd-4c27-b93f-e866be78ef1b.png?v=1779274611","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000549-secondhand-in-an-australian-country-graveyard-and-other-poems","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}