Jam Tree Gully
Poems
16 March 2012
Territory Rights — Worldwide.
Description
"One of the most original and poignantly authentic poets writing in English."—Harold Bloom
In this daring new collection, Australia's preeminent environmental poet confronts the legacy of Thoreau's Walden. With Walden as his inspiration, John Kinsella moved with his family back to rural Australia, where he wrote the poems in this original collection exploring the nature of our responsibility and connection to the land.
from "We Spend Days in This House"
We spend days in this house but not nights.
We have seen the early morning sunlight
infiltrate the eucalypts, sunset deflected
by acacias. We have sweltered at midday.
We have walked every acre intimately.
The kangaroos recognise us and linger.
We spend days in this house but not nights.
from "We Spend Days in This House"
We spend days in this house but not nights.
We have seen the early morning sunlight
infiltrate the eucalypts, sunset deflected
by acacias. We have sweltered at midday.
We have walked every acre intimately.
The kangaroos recognise us and linger.
We spend days in this house but not nights.
Also By: John Kinsella 
The Darkest Pastoral: Selected Poems
Hardback, 2025
One of Australia's most treasured poets draws on the past to reckon with the perils of the present
Insomnia: Poems
Hardback, 2020
A vivid and urgent collection that addresses the contemporary crises—environmental, philosophical, and artistic—that keep us up at night.
Firebreaks: Poems
Paperback, 2016
A follow-up to the critically acclaimed Jam Tree Gully, Firebreaks records life and ecology in Western Australia.
Firebreaks: Poems
E Book, 2016
A follow-up to the critically acclaimed Jam Tree Gully, Firebreaks records life and ecology in Western Australia.
Peripheral Light: Selected and New Poems
E Book, 2015
"We are poised before...what I prophesy will be a major art."—Harold Bloom