Continuous Creation: Last Poems by Les Murray Jay G Ying I was reminded throughout of

I was reminded throughout of Ken Smith’s lonely sequences – the fragmentation and moments of intense lyricism

violence and grief

alerted / by fuchsia

of imagination – voiced in the walkers’ invitation in USABLE TRUTH’s last

Continuous Creation: Last Poems by Les Murray Jay G Ying I was reminded throughout ofAustralia's greatest and best loved poet, Les Murray (1938 2019) was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry at the nomination of Ted Hughes (1999) and won the T. S. Eliot Award among many other distinctions. He is a poet of deep environmental commitment: born and raised on the land, he died at his farm in Bunyah in New South Wales. Continuous Creation is his last major offering, compiled in his final years at Bunyah and found there after his death.