Very sad to hear of the death of the great Australian poet, Les Murray over the weekend.
I've probably mentioned on here before, but back in the late 80s and early 90s, he was one of the first contemporary poets I read. That was because this poem, The Widower In The Country, was one of the inspirations for the song New Year's Greetings, by The Triffids (and if you're a regular visitor here, you'll know that they're one of my favourite bands of all time). Loving the song, I was curious enough to seek out the poem, then couldn't get enough of Murray's work.
I also recently read his book Killing The Black Dog, which is excellent – unstintingly honest, and yet warm and generous. He'll be very sadly missed.
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I met him in Edinburgh in (I think) 2008. Unforgettable, and a wonderful - and curiously neglected, for such a major figure - poet. What a terrible sentence. But you know what I mean. J
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