Navigation –by Judy Johnson
Product details
Paperback: 88 pages
Publisher: Five Islands Press (2007)
ISBN: 9780734037565
Trim size: 210 x 148 mm
Synopsis
In these poems the external world is used as a mirror for the internal, emotional landscape we all inhabit. By weaving together these inner and outer threads, thereby making new connections, Johnson redefines the familiar so that it becomes once again strange and convincing.
Navigation contains poems that are short, sharp pieces drawn from her abiding concerns with family, death and love. These contrast with longer poems in the book which are extended and meticulously researched historical narratives addressing issues of lasting ethical significance.
Judy’s historical verse novel Jack won the 2007 Victorian Premier’s CJ Dennis Poetry Prize.
Of her previous books:
‘This is a poetry both worldly and refined.’ Judith Beveridge.
‘A powerful collection of poems. Johnson explores the complex interplay between the external world and the inexpressible, often intolerable inner world we carry with us.’ Peter Boyle.