Hook and Eye: A Selection of Poems

One of Australia's most acclaimed and accomplished poets, Judith Beveridge combines an intensity and clarity of vision with an unsurpassed fineness of language. Tender and even affectionate, Beveridge’s poems model the interaction of spirituality, the natural world, and selfhood.

The third in Braziller's Series of Australian Poets, Judith Beveridge engages the world in ways that open up larger perspectives and deeper understandings. As the critic Clive James notes, Beveridge’s work displays...