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THE POEM OF THE MILLENNIUM IS...Numbers of Reasons to be Gratefulby Jordie Albiston The Poets Union thanks all the poets participating in this promotion of Australian poetry. Congratulations Adam, Jordie Albiston, Bruce Beaver, Les Murray, Lidija Simkute and John Tranter. POEM OF THE MILLENNIUMNumbers of Reasons to be Grateful - Jordie Albiston"The villanelle, whose air & een rhymes pick
their way
through nineteen lines, is memorable for its formal elegance
and its potted biography of every-girl. This very contemporary
tour of the emotions recalls the riddles of one's first
adventures in poetry, indeed of poetry's origins"
- Kris Hemensley
SHORTLISTED POEMSHotel Esperanza - Adam AitkenOctober 1999 - Bruce Beaver Rooms of the Sketch-Garden - Les Murray My Father - Lidija Šimkute Globe - John Tranter
We wish to thank the copyright holders for permission to use the following material - Adam Aitken, Hotel Esperanza from Romeo and Juliet in Subtitles, Brandl and Schlesinger; Jordie Albiston, Numbers of Reasons to be Grateful from The Fall, White Crane Press; Bruce Beaver, October 1999 - tbp in The Long Game & other poems,University of Queensland Press, 2005; Les Murray, Rooms of the Sketch-Garden from Poems the Size of Photographs, Duffy and Snellgrove; Lidija Šimkute, My Father from Vejo Žvilgesys (Wind Sheen) Petro Ofsetas, Vilnius 2003; John Tranter, Globe from Ultra, Brandl and Schlesinger. The Poets Union thanks the readers Martin Duwell, Kris Hemensley, Bronwyn Lea, Jan Owen, Michael Sharkey and Andrew Taylor, and congratulates the six shortlisted poets. The Poets Union gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Australia Council, and the NSW Ministry for the Arts.
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