Andrew Lansdown

The National Library of Australia has published two of Andrew’s poems - “At the Close of Summers to Come” and “Caterpillars” - in an anthology titled Little Book of Butterflies (ISBN 9780642277404).
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As stated in the blurb on the back cover, “Little Book of Butterflies, is a delightful blending of images of Australian butterflies, from the [...]

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Fremantle Press has just published a book of Brian Simmonds’ paintings of the Swan River. The painter has chosen two of Andrew’s poems to accompany two of his paintings.
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The poem “Fishing” accompanies the painting “Fishing below Fremantle Traffic Bridge” while the poem “The Japanese Gardener” complements the painting “Freshwater Bay looking south-east toward Bicton”.
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Titled simply [...]

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Six of Andrew’s poems have been included in the new 1108 page anthology, Australian Poetry Since 1788, edited by Geoffrey Lehmann and Rober Gray and published by the University of New South Wales Press.
The rationale for the antholgy is stated on the inside jacket:
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“A good poem is one that the world can’t forget or is [...]

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Two recent issues of Quadrant have included poems by Andrew.
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“Shell Crab Haiku” was published in the October 2011 issue and is posted on the Quadrant website here: http://www.quadrant.org.au/magazine/issue/2011/10/shell-crab-haiku
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“Fisherman, Busselton Jetty” was published in the December 2011 issue and is posted on the Quadrant website here: http://www.quadrant.org.au/magazine/issue/2011/12/fisherman-busselton-jetty

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Australian Poetry Ltd has produced a second edition of Dear Dad, which includes a poem, “In from the Garden”, by Andrew.
Celebrating dads, this anthology makes an attractive alternative to the average Father’s Day card. It includes fine poems about dads from poets across the country. This is the second and final edition of [...]

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The June issue of Quadrant contains Andrew’s poem “Being Bamboo”. You can read it on the Quadrant website: https://www.quadrant.org.au/magazine/issue/2011/6/being-bamboo

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Dave Osborne recently requested permission to use some of Andrew’s poems on his WalkGPS website, which is dedicated to bushwalking in the Perth (WA) region. He has now posted two of Andrew’s poems - “Desertion” and “Tanka”. To read them, follow the links in the 7 June 2011 “What’s New” entry at http://www.walkgps.com/what’s%20new.htm  While there, [...]

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Quadrant magazine has published five of Andrew’s poems in its May 2011 issue. One of the five is a gunsaku, “Seven Birds”, consisting of seven tanka. The first of the seven bird tanka is written in slant (half) rhyme and reads:
 

Bird and Bull
 
The dotterel,
stalking, sniping—so little
by the muzzle
and muddy hoof of the bull
drinking at the dam’s [...]

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Quadrant magazine has published Andrew’s gunsaku “Black” in its March 2011 issue. You can read the four-haiku sequence on the Quadrant website at http://www.quadrant.org.au/magazine/issue/2011/3/black

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Famous Reporter 42 has published three of Andrew’s haiku. Here’s the first one:
 
A dilemma—
two pretty women walking
opposite ways.
          © Andrew Lansdown

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Captivated! has published Andrew’s poem “Beliefs about Ibises” in its February 2011 issue.

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Meanjin has published Andrew’s poem “Wren Haiku” in its Autumn 2011 (Vol. 70, No.1) issue.

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Quadrant magazine has published Andrew’s “Tanka about Pain” in its January-February 2011 issue. You can read the four-tanka sequence on the Quadrant website at http://www.quadrant.org.au/magazine/issue/2011/1/tanka-about-pain

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Quadrant magazine has published four of Andrew’s poems in its December 2010 issue. One of the four is a gunsaku titled “Time to Write” and is reproduced here:
 

Time to Write
  
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Distracted by
the lack of distractions in
the empty house.
 
      ii
A ream of paper—
I feel intimidated
just looking at it.
 
     iii
I have waited
for weeks for the writing time
I have wasted.
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You can read Andrew’s poem “Should I Fall and Fail to Rise” in the on-line antholgy, Western Australian Writing.
Edited by John Kinsella, this on-line anthology of Western Australian writing has been produced by the University of Western Australia Library and funded by AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway.

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