Eighth Habitation

Eighth Habitation takes its name from the Buddhist notion of purgatory, a mystic realm where the meaning of a human life is judged.

The poems inhabit a range of landscapes and perspectives, in Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, China and Australia, with an empathy and understanding that suggests a consciousness imbued with an Asian sensibility.

Blending the traditional, the cosmopolitan and the unexpected in their observation of detail, the poems register the dignity and resilience of a world recovering from personal tragedy and the trauma of history.

a lucid and finally lyrical voice, wholly original on the Australian scene.Michael Brennan

nuanced textures of meaning that pull you inside the words rather than merely to them…consistently remakes the language on the page.J.A. Wainwright