The Mozzie published Andrew’s poem “Travelling North” in its October 2018 issue (Vol. 26, No. 9). This poem is included in Andrew’s latest book of poetry, Distillations of Different Lands, which has just been released by Sunline Press.
Review of Distillations of Different Lands
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Andrew’s new poetry collection, Distillations of Different Lands, has been reviewed by Hal Colebatch in the November 2018 issue of Quadrant magazine.
Colebatch states, “This book is precious for what it teaches the mind, the eye and the heart.”
Read the full review of Distillations of Different Lands on this website here.
2 Poems in Quadrant
The November 2018 issue of Quadrant magazine contains two of Andrew’s poems—”Windbells with Bamboos” and “Japanese Reflections”.
“Windbells with Bamboos” is a suite of three tanka, while “Japanese Reflections” is a set of four haiku.
Both these poems are included in Andrew’s new poetry collection, Distillations of Different Lands, published by Sunline Press in October.
Read more about Distillations of Different Lands on this website here.
You can buy a copy of the book ($22.95, postage included) through the BUY BOOKS page of this website.
Geoffrey Lehmann’s poem on this website
A new page has been added to this website, to the OTHER POETS & POEMS section. It contains a poem, “Parenthood”, by the masterful Australian poet, Geoffrey Lehmann. Accompanying the poem is a critical analysis by another great Australian poet, Geoff Page. Both poets have granted Andrew permission to use their work on his website.
Read the poem and the critique here.
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New Poetry Collection – Distillations of Different Lands
Sunline Press has published a new collection of Andrew’s poems titled Distillations of Different Lands.
With a striking cover designed by Western Australian artist Andrew Gilchrist, the book consists of 111 poems occupying 144 pages.
The poems are wide ranging in subject, setting, theme and form, and are arranged into four sections, the four Different Lands of the title: I. HEARTLAND; II. JAPAN; III. HOMELAND; and IV. AMERICA.
Most of the poems have been previously published in magazines, newspapers and anthologies, including in: Asahi (Japan); Australian Book Review; Australian Love Poems 2013 (Inkerman & Blunt Publishers, 2013; rpt 2014); Australian Poetry Anthology: Volume 5, 2016 (Australian Poetry Publications, 2017); Australian Poetry Journal; Axon; The Canberra Times; Falling and Flying: Poems on Ageing (Brandl & Schlesinger, 2015); Famous Reporter; McMaster Journal of Theology & Ministry; Meanjin; Prayers of a Secular World (Inkerman & Blunt Publishers, 2015); Regime; Studio; The Weekend Australian; and Westerly.
Read more about Distillations of Different Lands, along with several sample poems, on this website here.
You can buy a copy of the book ($22.95, postage included) through the BUY BOOKS page of this website.
You can also order Distillations of Different Lands from bookshops and through the publisher’s website, www.sunlinepress.com.au
2 poems in Quadrant
The September 2018 issue of Quadrant magazine contains two of Andrew’s poems: “Them Shoes” and “Meditations on Emptiness”. “Them Shoes” is a free form poem of 26 stanzas and “Meditations on Emptiness” is a gunsaku consisting of two tanka. While the tanka suite is a sombre reflection on the human condition, “Them Shoes” is a light-hearted account of the poet’s encounters with festival-goers on Bourbon Street, New Orleans. The first two stanzas of “Them Shoes” are:
Everything is bourbon and bonhomie
here in New Orleans on Bourbon Street.It’s party-time and revellers keep time
with trumpet, trombone, tuba and sax …
Both “Them Shoes” and “Meditations on Emptiness” are included in Andrew’s next book of poetry, Distillations of Different Lands, which will be released by Sunline Press later this month, September 2018.
2 poems in The Mozzie
The Mozzie published two of Andrew’s poems in its July 2018 issue (Vol. 26, No. 6). Those poems are “Water for Worship” and “Shock”. Both these poems, the first a choka and the second a tanka, are included in Andrew’s next book of poetry, Distillations of Different Lands, which will be released by Sunline Press later this month, September 2018.
Poem in Studio
In its latest issue (No. 143, 2018), Studio magazine has published one of Andrew’s – “Bamboo Dragonflies from the Bamboo Forest”. This poem is included in Andrew’s next book of poetry, Distillations of Different Lands, which will be released by Sunline Press later this month, September 2018.
Poem in Quadrant
The June 2018 issue of Quadrant magazine contains one of Andrew’s poems: “Wandoo Hollows”, a set of 3 haiku. 
The second haiku in “Wandoo Hollows” is:
Hallowing a branch
hollowed by rot and termites—
sacred kingfishers.
© Andrew Lansdown
All three haiku in “Wandoo Hollows” are included in Andrew’s next book of poetry, Distillations of Different Lands, which will be released by Sunline Press in September 2018.
Poem in The Mozzie
Andrew’s poem, “Birds of a Feather” (a 2-tanka gunsaku), was published in the June 2018 issue of The Mozzie (Vol. 26, No. 5). The first of the two tanka is reprinted below:
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Black-faced honeyeaterDistracted briefly
by a bird hopping sideways
up a bamboo cane.
And I observe that it, too,
is struggling to keep a grip.© Andrew Lansdown